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Information about the package, at, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The at package is designed for, Job spooling tools.


Package Name:

at

Summary:

Job spooling tools

Description:

At and batch read commands from standard input or from a specified file. At allows you to specify that a command will be run at a particular time. Batch will execute commands when the system load levels drop to a particular level. Both commands use user's shell. You should install the at package if you need a utility for time-oriented job control. Note: If it is a recurring job that will need to be repeated at the same time every day/week, etc. you should use crontab instead.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

3.1.10

Release:

49.el6

Size:

92 k

Repository:

installed

From Repository:

base

Licence:

GPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for at


Control the at package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install at

This command will install at on the server.

yum remove at

This command will un-install at on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove at, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove at

This command will un-install at on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove at when using the -y flag.

yum update at

This command will update at to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove at, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update at

This command will update at to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove at when using the -y flag.

yum info at

This command will show you core information about the at package.

yum deplist at

This command will show you the dependencies for at. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.

yum check-update at

This command will check if there is an update waiting on at. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.