[ubuntu-uk] "at" command examples / usage

[Tony Arnold]

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...
> 
> user at jon:~# at scp jt.tar.gz 10.2.0.58:/opt/ltsp/ 1800
> syntax error. Last token seen: s
> Garbled time
> user at jon:~# at "scp jt.tar.gz 10.2.0.58:/opt/ltsp/" 1800
> syntax error. Last token seen: s
> Garbled time
> user at jon:~# at "scp jt.tar.gz 10.2.0.58:/opt/ltsp/" 6pm
> syntax error. Last token seen: s
> Garbled time
> user at jon:~# 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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