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+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 1993 Christopher G. Demetriou
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
+.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
+.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
+.\" This product includes software developed by Christopher G. Demetriou.
+.\" 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
+.\" derived from this software withough specific prior written permission
+.\"
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR
+.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
+.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
+.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
+.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
+.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.\" $Id: atrun.8,v 1.1 1993/12/05 11:36:29 cgd Exp $
+.\"
+.Dd December 5, 1993
+.Dt ATRUN 8
+.Os NetBSD 0.9a
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm atrun
+.Nd run jobs queued for later execution
+.\"
+.Sh SYOPSIS
+.Nm atrun
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Nm atrun
+utility runs commands queued by
+.Xr at 1 .
+It is usually invoked by
+.Xr crond 8
+every ten minutes.
+.Sh FILES
+.Bl -tag -width /var/at/lockfile -compact
+.It Pa /var/at/jobs
+Directory containing job files
+.It Pa /var/at/spool
+Directory containing output spool files
+.It Pa /var/at/lockfile
+Job-creation lock file.
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr crond 8 ,
+.Xr at 1
+.Sh AUTHOR
+.Bl -tag
+Thomas Koenig, ig25@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de
+.El
+.Sh BUGS
+The functionality of
+.Nm atrun
+should arguaby be merged into
+.Xr crond 8 .
+.Sh CAVEATS
+Since the default configuration causes
+.Nm atrun
+to be invoked every ten minutes,
+commands queued by
+.Xr at 1
+may end up being executed up to nine minutes
+later than would be otherwise expected.
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