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authormike <mike@FreeBSD.org>2002-01-22 03:04:15 +0000
committermike <mike@FreeBSD.org>2002-01-22 03:04:15 +0000
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o Remove the -V [version number] option, since our version of at(1) no
longer resembles the original. o Remove references to `you' in the manual. Submitted by: Joe Halpin <joe.halpin@attbi.com>
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@@ -10,36 +10,29 @@
.Nd queue, examine or delete jobs for later execution
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm at
-.Op Fl V
.Op Fl q Ar queue
.Op Fl f Ar file
.Op Fl mldbv
.Ar time
.Nm at
-.Op Fl V
.Op Fl q Ar queue
.Op Fl f Ar file
.Op Fl mldbv
.Fl t Ar [[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.SS]
.Nm at
-.Op Fl V
.Fl c Ar job Op Ar job ...
.Nm at
-.Op Fl V
.Fl r Ar job Op Ar job ...
.Pp
.Nm atq
-.Op Fl V
.Op Fl q Ar queue
.Op Fl v
.Pp
.Nm atrm
-.Op Fl V
.Ar job
.Op Ar job ...
.Pp
.Nm batch
-.Op Fl V
.Op Fl q Ar queue
.Op Fl f Ar file
.Op Fl mv
@@ -75,18 +68,18 @@ or
.Ar HH:MM
to run a job at a specific time of day.
(If that time is already past, the next day is assumed.)
-You may also specify
+As an alternative, the following keywords may be specified:
.Em midnight ,
.Em noon ,
or
.Em teatime
(4pm)
-and you can have a time-of-day suffixed with
+and time-of-day may be suffixed with
.Em AM
or
.Em PM
for running in the morning or the evening.
-You can also say what day the job will be run,
+The day on which the job is to be run may also be specified
by giving a date in the form
.Ar \%month-name day
with an optional
@@ -100,7 +93,7 @@ or giving a date of the forms
.Ar MMDDYY .
The specification of a date must follow the specification of
the time of day.
-You can also give times like
+Time can also be specified as:
.Op Em now
.Em + Ar count \%time-units ,
where the time-units can be
@@ -111,18 +104,18 @@ where the time-units can be
.Em months
or
.Em years
-and you can tell
+and
.Nm
-to run the job today by suffixing the time with
+may be told to run the job today by suffixing the time with
.Em today
and to run the job tomorrow by suffixing the time with
.Em tomorrow .
.Pp
-For example, to run a job at 4pm three days from now, you would do
+For example, to run a job at 4pm three days from now, use
.Nm at Ar 4pm + 3 days ,
-to run a job at 10:00am on July 31, you would do
+to run a job at 10:00am on July 31, use
.Nm at Ar 10am Jul 31
-and to run a job at 1am tomorrow, you would do
+and to run a job at 1am tomorrow, use
.Nm at Ar 1am tomorrow .
.Pp
The
@@ -191,8 +184,6 @@ If neither exists, only the superuser is allowed use of
This is the default configuration.
.Sh OPTIONS
.Bl -tag -width indent
-.It Fl V
-Print the version number to standard error.
.It Fl q Ar queue
Use the specified queue.
A queue designation consists of a single letter; valid queue designations
@@ -317,9 +308,9 @@ and
.Nm batch
as presently implemented are not suitable when users are competing for
resources.
-If this is the case for your site, you might want to consider another
-batch system, such as
-.Em nqs .
+If this is the case, another batch system such as
+.Em nqs
+may be more suitable.
.Pp
Specifying a date past 2038 may not work on some systems.
.Sh AUTHORS
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