From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 30 17:38:58 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 2F744106566C for ; Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:38:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from df@drainfade.com) Received: from starfish.geekisp.com (mail.geekisp.com [216.168.135.169]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B75788FC15 for ; Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:38:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 8424 invoked by uid 1003); 30 Apr 2010 17:12:15 -0000 Received: from mobile-166-137-010-201.mycingular.net (HELO ?10.118.205.180?) (df@drainfade.com@166.137.10.201) by mail.geekisp.com with (AES128-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 30 Apr 2010 17:12:14 -0000 Message-Id: <81347FF5-3BA7-47CC-90CD-2CD9881DCDC6@drainfade.com> From: Allie Daneman To: "questions@freebsd.org" In-Reply-To: <4BDB0ACA.7040805@mykitchentable.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (7D11) Mime-Version: 1.0 (iPhone Mail 7D11) Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:11:02 -0400 References: <4BDB0ACA.7040805@mykitchentable.net> Cc: Subject: Re: '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 17:38:58 -0000 Read the man page...that should shed light on the issue. Sent from my electronic slavery device. On Apr 30, 2010, at 12:52, Drew Tomlinson wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org > "