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Old 03-17-2010
at jobs not running
im doing
Code:
at now <return>
touch ~/Desktop/file.txt
<ctrl d>

and file is never created though it says job 7 at Wed Mar 17 15:15:55 2010
why?
# 2  
Old 03-17-2010
When you use at or contab, you cannot expect your environment to be there when the command runs. Specifically the PATH. Try /usr/bin/touch
# 3  
Old 03-18-2010
If the job failed the error messages will be in mail for the user submitting the "at" job.
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Old 03-18-2010
Code:
STLM011:~ localadmin$ atq
2	Tue Mar 16 12:00:00 2010
3	Tue Mar 16 11:40:00 2010
4	Tue Mar 16 11:41:00 2010
6	Wed Mar 17 15:15:00 2010
7	Wed Mar 17 15:15:00 2010
8	Thu Mar 18 11:04:00 2010

the jobs all show up in atq but never ran.

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No errors in mail

---------- Post updated at 11:08 AM ---------- Previous update was at 11:07 AM ----------

using full paths did not work
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Old 03-18-2010
Please post what Operating System you have and what version.

First reaction: Is cron running ? Has the system been set to start cron?
 
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