From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 30 16:52:48 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1007A106564A for ; Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:52:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from drew@mykitchentable.net) Received: from smtp2.mc.surewest.net (qsmtp.mc.surewest.net [66.60.130.145]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8BFCE8FC1B for ; Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:52:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 24910 invoked from network); 30 Apr 2010 09:52:05 -0700 Received: by simscan 1.1.0 ppid: 24896, pid: 24900, t: 3.2311s scanners: regex: 1.1.0 attach: 1.1.0 spam: 3.1.7-deb X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.7-deb (2006-10-05) on smtp2.surewest.net. X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.8 required=13.5 tests=RATWARE_GECKO_BUILD autolearn=disabled version=3.1.7-deb X-Spam-CMAE-Analysis: _CMAETAG_ Received: from unknown (HELO blacklamb.mykitchentable.net) (69.62.230.77) by smtp2 with SMTP; 30 Apr 2010 09:52:01 -0700 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (bigdaddy.mykitchentable.net [192.168.1.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by blacklamb.mykitchentable.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4DC54164E3A for ; Fri, 30 Apr 2010 09:52:34 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=mykitchentable.net; s=default; t=1272646356; bh=7mIioi8UdfA+gvpkiMeNwx7ftiUDWvYVPMCnvDUMY34=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version:To:Subject:Content-Type: Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=Z4KdjWXpp0fc2PaZhkhhWHXOG6X1qFav1xTvyQ2wurcvg7ZNyuRFBhS4l1/aMnatj EHd8yV5zMfIR06/XvPZxE2aQrNucTJ5vYISOODqvysiQh3tHZJgdOngLBejykmFIKe CIUF9kiYAJAd6IprkB8YuEKsbFu2Eo7QYUtsNWkY= Message-ID: <4BDB0ACA.7040805@mykitchentable.net> Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 09:52:26 -0700 From: Drew Tomlinson User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.9) Gecko/20100317 Thunderbird/3.0.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 100430-0, 04/29/2010), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Cc: Subject: 'at' command syntax X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:52:48 -0000 I'm am unable to figure out the proper syntax of the 'at' command. I've read the man page over and over. I've attempted Google searches but there is a lot of 'at' in the world. Can someone please point out what's wrong with this syntax? at noon '/usr/local/bin/curl -u user:pass -d status="New products added to catalog. Check out the demo videos! - http://bit.ly/7dtLny" https://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml' I've tried various ways of specifying time but always get "at: incomplete time". However if I just enter 'at noon', then I am in an interactive mode where I can paste the command, end with ctrl-D, and my job gets scheduled. What am I missing? Thanks, Drew