One More ? Regarding at

Rv5 · 09-11-2004, 05:33 PM

ive looked through man and the net. can the at command be used to schedule a job more then once? or is it a one time only? what if i want to schedule a job to run every hour for the next 24 hours? i couldnt see how to use at for this, but at seems like it should be the way to go.

Proud · 09-11-2004, 05:38 PM

Have you checked cron?

Cedrik · 09-11-2004, 05:38 PM

A little knowledge of vi may help...

crontab -e
<press a to go to edit mode>
0 * * * * /path/to/your/program
<type [ESC],[:wq]>

Then your program will run every hour

man 5 crontab for more infos

Rv5 · 09-11-2004, 11:35 PM

cron will be what i use next, but im trying to understand all that the at command can do.

jlliagre · 09-12-2004, 04:36 AM

As proud and cedrik already suggested, cron is better suited for repetitive tasks.

If you anyway insist using at, nothing forbids to reschedule the next execution from within you at job.