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Changing times of 'at' jobs
I have a requirement to sometimes change the times of scheduled 'at' jobs.
I notice the date/time the job is due to run is not stored in /var/spool/cron/atjobs/xxx
I can't seem to find where this information is stored/derived. I've run a truss on 'at -l', but that made me
none the wiser.
Is it even possible?
My other choices in are to:
1. Delete and resubmit the job (This can be very messy because of the application generating the jobs)
2. Use a different batch scheduling tool.
I don't want to go down the other paths until I've totally ruled out manipulating the at times directly.
I notice the date/time the job is due to run is not stored in /var/spool/cron/atjobs/xxx
I can't seem to find where this information is stored/derived. I've run a truss on 'at -l', but that made me
none the wiser.
Is it even possible?
My other choices in are to:
1. Delete and resubmit the job (This can be very messy because of the application generating the jobs)
2. Use a different batch scheduling tool.
I don't want to go down the other paths until I've totally ruled out manipulating the at times directly.
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Thanks Otetelisanu.
I don't know why I didn't think of that. I kept looking at the id numbers thinking they were simple sequence numbers.
Makes good sense now.
I don't know why I didn't think of that. I kept looking at the id numbers thinking they were simple sequence numbers.
Makes good sense now.
restart it.
Unlike a cron job which is running at regular based, at job is a one off job start at the user
predefinded time.