[HPADM] SUMMARY: Using the 'at' command

From: Whittemore, Dale (dale.whittemore_at_lmco.com)
Date: 11/19/03

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    Thanks for the quick responses. I knew there had to be a way!
    Thanks to Andy Cranston, Eef Hartman, David Antoch, Dan Johnson, Steve Illgen, Matthew Shaw. And any others whose email responses may stuck in transit along with all the spam. ;-)

    Can be done several ways and were as follows

    The easiest was to Create a script file with the command you want to run and use that with the 'at' command

      echo "<script name> <param 1> <param 2> <param 3>" > <at script file>
      at now < <at script file>

      echo "/usr/local/bin/catchout testrun whittemo /usr/local/informix/db_oper/backup_restart" > bu_restart.sh
      at now | bu_restart.sh

    Works like a champ and is in keeping with the KISS! (Keep it Stupid, Simple!) philosophy. ;-)

    Thanks again

    Dale A. Whittemore
    Computer Systems Analyst, Senior
    Lockheed Martin Enterprise Information Systems
    Denver, Colorado

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    From: hpux-admin-owner@DutchWorks.nl
    [mailto:hpux-admin-owner@DutchWorks.nl]On Behalf Of Whittemore, Dale
    Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 7:10 AM
    To: hpux-admin@DutchWorks.nl
    Subject: [HPADM] Using the 'at' command

    I want to run a script that requires three input parameters using 'at(1)'

    I have tried:

    at -f <script name> <param1> <param2> <param3> now

    and

    at now < <script name> <param1> <param2> <param3>

    and both give me a "bad time specification" error.

    It works fine in cron but I want to be able to have a user run it as needed.

    cron entry looks like

    00 18 * * 0 <script> <param1> <param2> <param3>
     

    What I would like to know, after all that, is how do I get 'at' to work with scripts that require input parameters?

    Thanks

    Dale A. Whittemore
    Computer Systems Analyst, Senior
    Lockheed Martin Enterprise Information Systems
    Denver, Colorado 

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