On Tue, Feb 29, 2000 at 03:53:14PM -0800, aphro wrote: > On 29 Feb 2000, Michael A. Miller wrote: > > mmille >>>>>> "Ben" == Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > mmille > > mmille > > If your system is up 24/7, I suggest removing at. It is > mmille > > only meant for machines that are up "sometimes, like dual > mmille > > boot setups, desktops that get shutdown at night, etc... > mmille > > mmille >For machines that are not up 24/7, what replaces at? > > if machine is up 24/7 = dont use at > if machine is not up 24/7 = use at > > is what i got from the above ..maybe i read it wrong ??
Correct. "at" is an addition to cron, that makes sure that cron jobs get run regardless of whether the machine was off during the time it was supposed to excute the given job. If your box is up 24/7, all you need is cron. -- -----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=------ / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'
