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List:       hpux-admin
Subject:    [HPADM] SUMMARY: Using the 'at' command
From:       "Whittemore, Dale" <dale.whittemore () lmco ! com>
Date:       2003-11-19 15:09:33
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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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