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author | ache <ache@FreeBSD.org> | 1995-04-12 02:52:21 +0000 |
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committer | ache <ache@FreeBSD.org> | 1995-04-12 02:52:21 +0000 |
commit | 1bb8ac6c3c3f43df4c4f8fd89d69916e98f1f908 (patch) | |
tree | 67590f6f1a70039c9d54a398030c274b7d4f6757 /libexec/atrun/atrun.man | |
parent | 3ec57b4b689ddd9845b2aa3fc49df92d4af934e5 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/libexec/atrun/atrun.man b/libexec/atrun/atrun.man new file mode 100644 index 0000000..abce667 --- /dev/null +++ b/libexec/atrun/atrun.man @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +.\" $Id: atrun.man,v 1.1 1994/05/10 18:23:08 kernel Exp $ +.Dd April 12, 1995 +.Dt ATRUN 8 +.Os "FreeBSD 2.1" +.Sh NAME +.Nm atrun +.Nd run jobs queued for later execution +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm atrun +.Op Fl l Ar load_avg +.Op Fl d +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm Atrun +runs jobs queued by +.Xr at 1 . +Root's +.Xr crontab 5 +file +.Pa /etc/crontab +has to contain the line +.nf +*/5 * * * * root _ATLIB_DIR/atrun +.fi +so +.Xr atrun 8 +gets called every five minutes. +.Pp +At every invocation, every job in lowercase queues whose starting time +has passed is started. +A maximum of one batch jobs (denoted by uppercase queues) are started +each time +.Nm atrun +is invoked. +.Sh OPTIONS +.Bl -tag -width indent +.It Fl l Ar load_avg +Specifies a limiting load factor, over which batch jobs should +not be run, instead of the compiled \- in value of _LOADAVG_MX. +.It Fl d +Debug; print error messages to standard error instead of using +.Xr syslog 3 . +.El +.Sh WARNINGS +For +.Nm atrun +to work, you have to start up a +.Xr cron 8 +daemon. +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width _ATSPOOL_DIR -compact +.It Pa _ATSPOOL_DIR +Directory containing output spool files +.It Pa _ATJOB_DIR +Directory containing job files +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr cron 8 , +.Xr crontab 1 , +.Xr crontab 5 , +.Xr at 1 , +.Xr syslog 3 . +.Sh BUGS +The functionality of +.Nm atrun +should be merged into +.Xr cron 8 . |