atrun(8) [osx man page]

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NAME

     atrun -- run jobs queued for later execution

SYNOPSIS

     atrun

DESCRIPTION

     The atrun utility runs commands queued by at(1).  It is invoked periodically by launchd(8) as specified in the com.apple.atrun.plist property
     list.  By default the property list contains the Disabled key set to true, so atrun is never invoked.

     Execute the following command as root to enable atrun:
	   launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.atrun.plist

FILES

     /var/at/jobs      Directory containing job files
     /var/at/spool     Directory containing output spool files
     /var/at/lockfile  Job-creation lock file.

SEE ALSO

     at(1), launchd(8)

AUTHOR

     Thomas Koenig, ig25@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de

Mac OS X							   March 9, 2008							  Mac OS X

ATD(8)							     Linux Programmer's Manual							    ATD(8)

NAME

       atd - run jobs queued for later execution

SYNOPSIS

       atd [-l load_avg] [-b batch_interval] [-d] [-s]

DESCRIPTION

       atd runs jobs queued by at(1).

OPTIONS

       -l      Specifies  a  limiting load factor, over which batch jobs should not be run, instead of the compile-time choice of 0.8.	For an SMP
	       system with n CPUs, you will probably want to set this higher than n-1.

       -b      Specifiy the minimum interval in seconds between the start of two batch jobs (60 default).

       -d      Debug; print error messages to standard error instead of using syslog(3).

       -s      Process the at/batch queue only once.  This is primarily of use for compatibility with old versions of at; atd -s is equivalent	to
	       the old atrun command.  A script invoking atd -s is installed as /usr/sbin/atrun for backward compatibility.

WARNING

       atd won't work if its spool directory is mounted via NFS even if no_root_squash is set.

FILES

       /var/spool/at The directory for storing jobs; this should be mode 700, owner daemon.

       /var/spool/at/spool The direcotry for storing output; this should be mode 700, owner daemon.

       /etc/at.allow, /etc/at.deny determine who can use the at system.

SEE ALSO

       at(1), atrun(1), cron(8), crontab(1), syslog(3), at.deny(5), at.allow(5).

BUGS

       The functionality of atd should be merged into cron(8).

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