Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:48:16 -0400 From: Greg Larkin <glarkin@FreeBSD.org> To: redtick@sbcglobal.net Cc: help help <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: passing variable to at command Message-ID: <48D26A30.7040500@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <17473.88889.qm@web81206.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <17473.88889.qm@web81206.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Mark Busby wrote: > Is there a way to pass variables to a shell script from the command line with the at command? > What I've been trying is something like : at -f '/path/script 20 test' 8:10 091808 : Where 20 and test set variables in the script. > > I've tried googling the at command for help but there's a lot of "at" in the world. > > Thanks Hi Mark, My reading of the at(1) man page (http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=at&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+7.0-RELEASE&format=html) implies that the -f option is used to specify a file containing the commands you wish to execute, not the actual commands themselves. In that case, create a temporary file with commands like '/path/script 20 test', etc. in it and then use "at -f" to run the commands in that file at the specified time. Regards, Greg - -- Greg Larkin http://www.FreeBSD.org/ - The Power To Serve http://www.sourcehosting.net/ - Ready. Set. Code. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFI0mow0sRouByUApARAnZzAJ4vFomoN4zTLWmlzoRpuZJwDLExAQCfZoCb lRyDaLaj+Te+wayACyfME3s= =zAc0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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