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  1. Bug #94933
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Comment 3 for bug 94933

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machoopy (johnson-matthew-h) wrote : Re: [Bug 94933] Re: The 'at' command fails to execute commands at the given times and dates

Ralph,
Wow, it's nice to know that people are still hacking away at
this problem. Below are my results from your test. Good
luck!
mhjohnson@matt-desktop:~$ echo touch /tmp/created_by_at | at
now
warning: commands will be executed using /bin/sh
job 27 at Mon Aug 13 21:06:00 2007
mhjohnson@matt-desktop:~$ ls -l /tmp/created_by_at
-rw-r--r-- 1 mhjohnson mhjohnson 0 2007-08-13
21:06 /tmp/created_by_at
mhjohnson@matt-desktop:~$

On Monday August 13 2007 6:50:29 am Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> Here's a simple test. Can you try it please. at(1) is
> working for some of us so we need to find out why your
> experience differs.
>
> $ echo touch /tmp/created_by_at | at now
> warning: commands will be executed using /bin/sh
> job 3787 at 2007-08-13 11:45
> $ ls -l /tmp/created_by_at
> -rw-r--r-- 1 ralph ralph 0 2007-08-13 11:45
> /tmp/created_by_at $