atd

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NAME

atd - run jobs queued for later execution

SYNOPSIS

atd [-l R load_avg ] [-b R batch_interval ] [-d] [-s]

DESCRIPTION

atd runs jobs queued by R at(1) .

OPTIONS

-l
Specifies a limiting load factor, over which batch jobs should not be run, instead of the compile-time choice of 1.5. For an SMP system with n CPUs, you will probably want to set this higher than R n-1.
-b
Specify the minimum interval in seconds between the start of two batch jobs (60 default).
-d
Debug; print error messages to standard error instead of using R syslog(3) .
-s
Process the at/batch queue only once. This is primarily of use for compatibility with old versions of R at ; atd -s is equivalent to the old atrun command. A script invoking atd -s is installed as /usr/sbin/atrun for backward compatibility.

WARNING

atd won't work if its spool directory is mounted via NFS even if no_root_squash is set.

FILES

/var/spool/cron/atjobs The directory for storing jobs; this should be mode 700, owner daemon.
/var/spool/cron/atspool The directory for storing output; this should be mode 700, owner daemon.
R /etc/at.allow , R /etc/at.deny determine who can use the at system.

SEE ALSO

at(1), atrun(1), cron(8), crontab(1), syslog(3), at.deny(5), R at.allow(5).

BUGS

The functionality of atd should be merged into cron(8) .