On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 3:51 PM, Joseph Spenner <joseph85750 at yahoo.com>wrote: > >From: Jerry Geis <geisj at pagestation.com> > > >To: CentOS ML <centos at centos.org> > >Sent: Monday, January 21, 2013 1:21 PM > >Subject: [CentOS] the at command > > > >I was trying to use the 'at' command. > > > >Does it not have "resolution" to the second? > > > >When I run it with 'at -f /tmp/tt.sh "01/21/2013 15:20:45" > >syntax error. Last token seen: 15:20 > >Garbled time > > > >How do I run a command in the future including "seconds". > > > @Jerry: You might explain what it is you are attempting to do or why it is you need to schedule a job down to the second. > >Thanks, > > > >Jerry > > I think you're limited to 1 minute granularity. But if you want to run > something Yes, both cron and at can be scheduled down to the minute (but no further). And for most jobs/situations, running every minute or every couple of minutes is suitable. > at a specific second (ie: 13 seconds after the minute), you could modify > the script to sleep for 13 seconds before running and run it on the minute, > or prepend a sleep in the cron entry itself: > > * * * * * sleep 13; touch /tmp/foo > @Joseph: Nifty trick/hack! ;) > > ______________________________________________________________________ > If life gives you lemons, keep them-- because hey.. free lemons. > "♥ Sticker" fixer: http://microflush.org/stuff/stickers/heartFix.html > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- ---~~.~~--- Mike // SilverTip257 //