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Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 06:45:44 -0700
From: Eric Blake <ebb9 AT byu DOT net>
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To: Ravi Ram <raviram AT streamprocessors DOT com>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: running at jobs
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According to Ravi Ram on 3/10/2005 8:06 PM:
> is there a linux equivalent of at in cygwin. if so how do i use it.
> I have a Makefile which i can run it stand alone but couldn't get it
> working with cron.

`at' is required by POSIX, but I don't know of a GNU version of the
application.  There was a request to add it to coreutils last year
(http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2004-12/msg00030.html),
but no one has taken on the task.  Other than that, if cygwin does not
have a POSIX-mandated utility, it is because no one has volunteered to
port an existing open-source version, or to write it from scratch.  `cron'
is the next best tool, and if you set up cron correctly it does work;
search the archives for help in setting up cron.

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Eric Blake             ebb9 AT byu DOT net
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