Kirrus,
Kirrus wrote:
> Can anyone give me any more useful examples of using / help with using at?
> I'm trying to run this command, but its silently failing, and the man page
> really isn't that helpful for a newbie...
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# at scp jt.tar.gz 10.2.0.58:/opt/ltsp/ 1800
> syntax error. Last token seen: s
> Garbled time
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# at "scp jt.tar.gz 10.2.0.58:/opt/ltsp/" 1800
> syntax error. Last token seen: s
> Garbled time
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# at "scp jt.tar.gz 10.2.0.58:/opt/ltsp/" 6pm
> syntax error. Last token seen: s
> Garbled time
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# at 6pm "scp jt.tar.gz 10.2.0.58:/opt/ltsp/"
> syntax error. Last token seen: s
> Garbled time
>
> Any ideas/suggestions?
The man page for the at command says it reads commands from standard
input that get executed at the given time. So something like:
echo "scp jt.tar.gz 10.2.0.58:/opt/ltsp/" | at 6pm
should do the trick. (I've not tested this).
Regards,
Tony.
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