ATD
Section: Maintenance Commands (8)
Updated: 2009-11-14
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NAME
atd - run jobs queued for later execution
SYNOPSIS
atd
[
-l
load_avg]
[
-b
batch_interval]
[
-d]
[
-f]
[
-n]
[
-s]
DESCRIPTION
atd
runs jobs queued by
at(1)
.
OPTIONS
- -l
-
Specifies a limiting load factor, over which batch jobs should
not be run, instead of the compile-time choice of 0.8.
For an SMP system with
n
CPUs, you will probably want to set this higher than
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
syslog(3).
This option also implies
-f.
- -f
-
Run
atd
in the foreground.
- -s
-
Process the at/batch queue only once.
This is primarily of use for compatibility with old versions of
at;
-n
Append the hostname of the system to the subject of the e-mails sent by
atd.
- atd -s
-
is equivalent to the old
atrun
command.
WARNING
atd
won't work if its spool directory is mounted via NFS even if
no_root_squash
is set.
FILES
/var/spool/at
The directory for storing jobs; this should be mode 700, owner
root.
/var/spool/at/spool
The directory for storing output; this should be mode 700, owner
root.
/etc/at.allow,
/etc/at.deny
determine who can use the
at
system.
SEE ALSO
at(1),
at.deny(5),
at.allow(5),
cron(8),
crontab(1),
syslog(3).
BUGS
The functionality of
atd
should be merged into
cron(8)
.