Hmm.
'at teatime'
seems the same as
'at reboot'
On Fri, 27 Jul 2001, Igor Podlesny wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 26 Jul 2001, Matthew Jacob wrote:
> >> It'd be nice if one could pass a time specification to at in the form
> >> of "next reboot".
>
> look... there is a big difference between time specification in
> at-program and suggested reboot keyword... I'd say it is like
> incompatible types... messing up time values and conditions like reboot
> which are certainly kept within time but AREN'T time values by itself.
>
> from man:
> "...
> At allows some moderately complex time specifications.
> ..."
>
> but it's always foreseen when precisely the action will have it place
> if the power is on and everything in system works ok.
> In case of reboot, this statement fails.
>
> So, I deem, it's not worth implementation within 'at' syntax. If
> somebody want such thing as 'do something on the next reboot', let's
> write another program (call it onreboot for e.g.) and try to use it.
> Although I bet, it isn't so necessary as it could seemed at first
> glance.
>
>
> >>
> >> -matt
>
> > On Thu, 26 Jul 2001, Matthew Emmerton replied:
> >> Why not just write a script for the command and stick it in
> >> /usr/local/etc/rc.d?
> >>
> >> -- Matt Emmerton
>
> > On Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 03:45:58PM -0700, Matthew Jacob replied:
> >> Because I thought this might be of general utility.
>
>
> > Okay, try the attached patch. If this is really something that might be
> > generally usefully I can submit the patch as a PR.
>
> > It allows "at reboot" and "at reboot + 1 hour", etc.
>
> > It does it by sticking the job in the queue with the filename prefixed
> > with "_" (yeah, a bit ugly, it was the first thing that came to me) and
> > with the runtime based on the epoch instead of the current time.
>
> > Adding:
> > @reboot root /usr/libexec/atrun -b
> > to /etc/crontab causes atrun(8) to rename all of these jobs adding the
> > current time to the jobs runtime.
>
>
> > % echo "echo test" | at reboot
> > Job 19 will be executed using /bin/sh
>
> > % echo "echo test" | at reboot + 90 minutes
> > Job 20 will be executed using /bin/sh
>
> > % atq
> > Date Owner Queue Job#
> > REBOOT dchapes c 19
> > REBOOT+01:30:00 dchapes c 20
>
> what if a user rebooted the box, before this REBOOT+1:30:00 has been
> occured? will it be discarded or what?
>
> > $ date; /usr/libexec/atrun -b
>
> > % atq -v
> > Date Owner Queue Job#
> > 22:34:00 07/26/01 dchapes c 20
> > 21:04:00 07/26/01 dchapes c(done) 19
>
> --
> Igor mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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