cron question

[Gerald Combs]

On Thu, 29 Aug 2002, Jim Herrmann wrote:

> I just found out today, or at least I heard today, that Win/NT has the 'at' 
> command.  Can anyone confirm or deny this, and if it is true, does it work 
> like cron?  I know this is off the Linux topic, but it seemed like a logical 
> follow on to the cron question.  
> 
> Thanks in advance for your pearls of wisdom.

Yes, it does:

C:>help at
The AT command schedules commands and programs to run on a computer at
a specified time and date. The Schedule service must be running to use
the AT command.

AT [\computername] [ [id] [/DELETE] | /DELETE [/YES]]
AT [\computername] time [/INTERACTIVE]
    [ /EVERY:date[,...] | /NEXT:date[,...]] "command"

\computername     Specifies a remote computer. Commands are scheduled on the
                   local computer if this parameter is omitted.
id                 Is an identification number assigned to a scheduled
                   command.
/delete            Cancels a scheduled command. If id is omitted, all the
                   scheduled commands on the computer are canceled.
/yes               Used with cancel all jobs command when no further
                   confirmation is desired.
time               Specifies the time when command is to run.
/interactive       Allows the job to interact with the desktop of the user
                   who is logged on at the time the job runs.
/every:date[,...]  Runs the command on each specified day(s) of the week or
                   month. If date is omitted, the current day of the month
                   is assumed.
/next:date[,...]   Runs the specified command on the next occurrence of the
                   day (for example, next Thursday).  If date is omitted, the
                   current day of the month is assumed.
"command"          Is the Windows NT command, or batch program to be run.

I've used it under NT to schedule MRTG runs.

> Peace,
> Jim
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