On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 06:45:44AM -0700, Eric Blake wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >According to Ravi Ram on 3/10/2005 8:06 PM: >> is there a linux equivalent of at in cygwin. if so how do i use it. >> I have a Makefile which i can run it stand alone but couldn't get it >> working with cron. > >`at' is required by POSIX, but I don't know of a GNU version of the >application. There was a request to add it to coreutils last year >(http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2004-12/msg00030.html), >but no one has taken on the task. Other than that, if cygwin does not >have a POSIX-mandated utility, it is because no one has volunteered to >port an existing open-source version, or to write it from scratch. `cron' >is the next best tool, and if you set up cron correctly it does work; >search the archives for help in setting up cron.
FWIW, "at" does not belong in coreutils. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
