[CentOS] Linux at command

Wed Mar 21 22:12:37 UTC 2007
John Summerfield <debian at herakles.homelinux.org>

Frank M. Ramaekers wrote:
> I'm having a problem with the Linux (unix) at command.  I have a
> program/script that needs to run another program/script within seconds.
> Unfortunately the at command only accepts minutes as input.  Therefore,

echo runme | at now

> scheduling a command within a minute (i.e. adding 1 minute to the
> current time), can cause the command to run within 1 to 60 seconds.
> (Add 1 minute to a time such as 11:43:59 will cause it to run at
> 11:44:00, one second later.)  I don't quite understand why unix has this
> limitation.
> Is there something else I should be considering? 
> 
> TIA,
> 
> Frank M. Ramaekers Jr.
> Systems Programmer; MCP, MCP+I, MCSE & RHCE
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