1ATD(8)                      System Manager's Manual                     ATD(8)
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NAME

6       atd - run jobs queued for later execution
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SYNOPSIS

9       atd [-l load_avg] [-b batch_interval] [-d] [-f] [-n] [-s]
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DESCRIPTION

12       atd runs jobs queued by at(1).
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OPTIONS

15       -l      Specifies  a limiting load factor, over which batch jobs should
16               not be run, instead of the compile-time choice of 0.8.  For  an
17               SMP  system  with  n  CPUs,  you will probably want to set this
18               higher than n-1.
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20       -b      Specify the minimum interval in seconds between  the  start  of
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23       -d      Debug;  print error messages to standard error instead of using
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26       -f      Run atd in the foreground.
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28       -n      Append the hostname of the system to the subject of the e-mails
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31       -s      Process the at/batch queue only once.  This is primarily of use
32               for compatibility with old versions of at; atd -s is equivalent
33               to the old atrun command.
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WARNING

36       atd  won't  work  if  its  spool  directory  is mounted via NFS even if
37       no_root_squash is set.
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FILES

40       /var/spool/at The directory for storing jobs; this should be mode  700,
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43       /var/spool/at/spool  The  directory  for storing output; this should be
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46       /etc/at.allow, /etc/at.deny determine who can use the at system.
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SEE ALSO

49       at(1), at.deny(5), at.allow(5), cron(8), crontab(1), syslog(3).
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BUGS

52       The functionality of atd should be merged into cron(8).
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