Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!mcdchg!ddsw1!karl
From: karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Autologout of unused terminals
Summary: "at -qb" executes "at now", as does "batch" on System V machines
Message-ID: <2328@ddsw1.MCS.COM>
Date: 4 Dec 88 00:31:04 GMT
References: <2682@sultra.UUCP> <826@starfish.Convergent.COM> <7043@chinet.chi.il.us> <8994@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US>
Reply-To: karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM(Karl Denninger)
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In article <8994@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US> jfh@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US (The Beach Bum) writes:
:In article <7043@chinet.chi.il.us> les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell) writes:
:>Or you could use "at now" which will mail any output to you.
:>Neither is very useful if there is any chance that you will be prompted
:>for new media.

:This *IS* comp.unix.WIZARDS.  Please RTFM before posting.

:The manual page for at(1) states "\fBat now\fR will respond with the
:error message too late."

Try "batch" or "at -qb" (same thing as "batch"); all this assumes 
System VR2 or above.

Speaking of RTFM jfh.... :-)

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