Questions tagged [at-utility]

A command line utility used for scheduling an event to happen once at some point in the future.

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How to fix this error on Mac when running "at" command?

I have a mac that is running MAMP and on a web page I am trying to run the exec() php command below. $output = array(); $result_code = 0; $command = "echo /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php7.4.21/bin/php -q " . DOCUMENT_ROOT .…
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`at` only runs when I add a new job

As the title says, I'm having a weird behaviour with at: It put my jobs on queue, and run then correctly, but only after another job is scheduled: This is the situation, when I add ad new job then job 17 gets executed. atd service is running fine.…
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shell variable $? not working inside in an at heredoc

ubuntu 18.04 I need to get the value of the last command executed in an at heredoc : test.at.sh #!/bin/bash at now <> test.log; RET=$?; echo -e "\n----" >> test.log; echo "exit code $RET" >> test.log; EOF I get in test.log only "exit…
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Raspberry Pi OS - at command does nothing

I have a Pi 3B+ with Pi OS (PRETTY_NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)") I want to run a script at a certain time, using at command. For testing purposes i have made a test1.sh, to open Chromium browser using pyautogui. This file is located in…
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at job scheduler doesn't work on my Ubuntu

I know there are many linux experts here, I wish to get little help with at command in Ubuntu. I have been troubled by at command in ubuntu (18.04 and 20.04) for quite a while, but I don't know where I made a mistake. I've tried at on three of my…
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How to use ssh to schedule an 'at' job or a 'cron job' on a linux server from a python program on Windows client

I am attempting to schedule a job to run on a linux server from a python app on Windows 10 by using os.system(). The following code executes but fails to schedule the job. os.system('ssh myadmin@mnop.com "at 09:00 {}".format("iostat >…
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Commands Not Executing When Using At Command

I have a very simple bash script written, #!/bin/bash echo "python /home/user1/Downloads/program.py" | at 10:00 but it doesn't execute. All of the jobs seem unexecuted because when I run atq (at queue) I see all the attempts I have made. I…
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Schedule a script with at command

I have written a script and I want to schedule it to run at a certain time with the at command. I also want to use an argument in order to pass the time I want in the script so it can be executed at a specific time. The script's name is displaydir…
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