On Do, 12.07.18 13:07, Filipe Brandenburger (filbran...@google.com) wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 12:04 PM Matt Zagrabelny <mzagr...@d.umn.edu> wrote: > > I know systemd can replace cron. Do folks use it to replace "at", too? > > > > I know it *can* - with two files per "at" entry and then enabling and > > starting the timer. > > > > Is there an easier with to replace "at" with systemd than creating two > > files and enabling and starting the timer? > > Take a look at systemd-run and, in particular, options such as > --on-active=, --on-calendar= and --timer-property=, which allow you to > set a .timer option on demand for a single one-off command. > > https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd-run.html#--on-active= > > I hope this helps!
One addition to the above: note that "at"'s queue is maintained persistently, while timers created transiently with "systemd-run" are lost on the next reboot. Lennart -- Lennart Poettering, Red Hat _______________________________________________ systemd-devel mailing list systemd-devel@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
