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Diffstat (limited to 'libexec/atrun')
| -rw-r--r-- | libexec/atrun/atrun.man | 24 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/libexec/atrun/atrun.man b/libexec/atrun/atrun.man index cea322f..0c9de9f 100644 --- a/libexec/atrun/atrun.man +++ b/libexec/atrun/atrun.man @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ .\" $FreeBSD$ -.Dd October 30, 2012 +.Dd June 22, 2015 .Dt ATRUN 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -14,32 +14,32 @@ runs jobs queued by .Xr at 1 . .Pp -Root's +The system .Xr crontab 5 file .Pa /etc/crontab -has to contain the line +must contain the line .Bd -literal */5 * * * * root /usr/libexec/atrun .Ed .Pp -so that +so .Nm -gets invoked every five minutes. +is invoked every five minutes. .Pp At every invocation, .Nm -will start all the jobs in the lowercase queues whose start +starts all the jobs in the lowercase queues whose start time has elapsed. In addition, if the load average over the last minute was less than -the specified limit then a maximum of one batch job (denoted by the +the specified limit, then a maximum of one batch job (denoted by the uppercase queues) is started. .Pp Before starting a job, .Nm -will check the status of its owner's account with +checks the status of its owner's account with .Xr pam 3 -and refuse to run the job if the account is unavailable, +and refuses to run the job if the account is unavailable, e.g., locked out or expired. .Sh OPTIONS .Bl -tag -width indent @@ -53,9 +53,11 @@ Debug; print error messages to standard error instead of using .Sh WARNINGS For .Nm -to work, you have to start up a +to work, a .Xr cron 8 -daemon. +daemon must be running +.Nm +periodically. .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width /etc/pam.d/atrun -compact .It Pa /etc/pam.d/atrun |
