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Re: [SLE] Alternative to "at"?
  • From: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 06:08:13 +0000 (UTC)
  • Message-id: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0609270807200.19275@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

>> can someone suggest an alternative to "at" for scheduled script
>> execution? I currently use at to schedule recordings with my tv-card,
>> but I find it lacking in a few ways.
>
> Have you had a look at cron?

The 'problem' with cron is that it was designed for periodic tasks, not
one-time tasks.


Jan Engelhardt
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