schedule "at" (atd) is running but doesn't execute

b4283 · 2008-12-06 20:26:29

Installed package at, and started atd with /etc/rc.d/atd start properly.
But after i set up a task, it just doens't run, not even "echo" command is printing anything.
I tried from echo to script to Xwindow programs... none of them will start as the scheduled time.
Is there some extra settings I'm lefting out ? This program is pretty straight-forward, and I really don't know what else I can do to make it work.

string · 2008-12-06 21:13:37

Could you give us some details on your configurations in this regard?

b4283 · 2008-12-07 02:29:20

Configuration? I don't understand. It didn't specify anything much in its man page.

Because it didn't work, so I renamed /etc/at.deny to somewhere else. (but this has no effect as well)

at TIME
> echo "this is stupid."
> <EOT>
job X ...

and I can find this job using atq.
But when the time is up, nothing really happens.

Last edited by b4283 (2008-12-07 02:29:33)

pyther · 2008-12-07 03:45:32

What if you try something like xmessage "hello" -display :0

echo "this is stupid" probably won't do much of anything except maybe send you an email if atd is configured to send mails.

Passing the -display :0 will cause it to show up on your X session.

Also do you have atd running?

b4283 · 2008-12-07 04:33:24

IT WORKED !! :lol:

Daenyth · 2008-12-07 13:40:16

Please mark this thread as [SOLVED] in the title by editing your first post.

pyther · 2008-12-07 15:23:26

No problem I'm glad that did the trick.

echo just echos text to the current shell, so it was echoing "this is stupid" to the shell that the at process was running and you never got to see it.

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schedule "at" (atd) is running but doesn't execute

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