Re: passing variable to at command

[Greg Larkin]

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Mark Busby wrote:
 Is there a way to pass variables to a shell script from the command line with 
 the at command?
 What I've been trying is something like : at -f '/path/script 20 test' 8:10 
 091808 : Where 20 and test set variables in the script.
 
 I've tried googling the at command for help but there's a lot of at in the 
 world. 
 
 Thanks

Hi Mark,

My reading of the at(1) man page
(http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=atapropos=0sektion=0manpath=FreeBSD+7.0-RELEASEformat=html)
implies that the -f option is used to specify a file containing the
commands you wish to execute, not the actual commands themselves.

In that case, create a temporary file with commands like '/path/script
20 test', etc. in it and then use at -f to run the commands in that
file at the specified time.

Regards,
Greg
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Re: passing variable to at command

[Michaël Le Barbier]

Mark Busby wrote:

Is there a way to pass variables to a shell script from the command line with 
the at command?
What I've been trying is something like : at -f '/path/script 20 test' 8:10 
091808 : Where 20 and test set variables in the script.
  
You will have to write your commands in a file, and supply the name of 
this file as the `-f' argument for at. The file is processed by SH. You 
can also say: echo /path/script 20 test | at 8:10 091808

I've tried googling the at command for help but there's a lot of at in the 
world

All of this is written in the at man page!
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Cheers,
Michaël
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