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Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 10:24:06 -0500
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: running at jobs
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On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 06:45:44AM -0700, Eric Blake wrote:
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>According to Ravi Ram on 3/10/2005 8:06 PM:
>> is there a linux equivalent of at in cygwin. if so how do i use it.
>> I have a Makefile which i can run it stand alone but couldn't get it
>> working with cron.
>
>`at' is required by POSIX, but I don't know of a GNU version of the
>application.  There was a request to add it to coreutils last year
>(http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2004-12/msg00030.html),
>but no one has taken on the task.  Other than that, if cygwin does not
>have a POSIX-mandated utility, it is because no one has volunteered to
>port an existing open-source version, or to write it from scratch.  `cron'
>is the next best tool, and if you set up cron correctly it does work;
>search the archives for help in setting up cron.

FWIW, "at" does not belong in coreutils.

cgf

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