comp.os.linux.networking

R C V wrote:

> hello,
> I wanted to schedule jobs to start within a space of few
> seconds of each other. But 'at' is giving me a resolution of 'min'.
> So I decided to put all tasks in a file and invoke
>
> at -f
> The contents of the are:
> at now+1 minute "ls -l"

echo ls -l | at now + 1 minute

> at now+2 minute "date"

echo date | at now + 2 minutes

> But I get a error "Garbled time"
>
> Can you tell me what is wrong here..

1) at reads stdin (or a named file) for the commands to execute
2) the time qualifier needs spaces between each of its components

> Also is it possible to give interval in seconds.

No. Time units can be minutes, hours, days, or weeks. Seconds are not
recognized as time units

> TIA,
> R C

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