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# 1  
Old 02-25-2010
Why won't the at command work in Mac OS X?
I typed:
Code:
echo "echo hi > at_log.txt" | at now +1minute

to test the at command on my terminal. I got the message:
Code:
job 8 at Thu Feb 25 18:42:00 2010

I waited for a minute but nothing happened. I tried listing at_log.txt, but it said there was no such file. Am I doing something wrong here?
# 2  
Old 02-26-2010
Well, I tried it and it worked. Check the users listed in /etc/at/at.allow and /etc/at/at.deny, you might have to add and/or remove yourself.

Also, try giving it an absolute path to at_log.txt . Mine ended up in the right directory but yours may have a different implementation.
Last edited by Corona688; 02-26-2010 at 12:24 PM..
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Old 02-26-2010
Is cron running?
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