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- The kat (Keith's at) package
-
- Copyright (c) 1990, W. Keith Pyle, Austin, Texas
-
- Description
- -----------
-
- The programs which comprise this package are to replace/supplement the
- functionality provided by the at(1) provided with many BSD Unix systems.
- There are five components:
-
- at - allows users to queue jobs for later execution at a specified date/time
-
- atcat - display the commands in a job previously queued
-
- atq - lists all or selected portions of the at queue
-
- atrm - allows removal of queued jobs that have not yet run
-
- atrun - controls execution of queued jobs, typically run periodically by cron
-
- See the individual man pages for more information on individual commands.
- See the file INSTALL for installation instructions.
- See the file PORTING for porting comments.
-
- Qualifications
- --------------
-
- This program may be copied, transferred, or used in any manner subject
- to the following conditions:
-
- 1) The original README and MANIFEST files must be retained
- in any subsequent source distributions, whether unaltered or not.
-
- 2) Neither the author nor his employer make any express or implied
- warranties as to the fitness of this program for any particular
- purpose. The user assumes full responsible for the use of this
- program and any consequences of its use whether due to defect,
- misuse, abuse, etc.
-
- 3) The origin of this program must not be misrepresented, either
- by explicit claim or omission.
-
- 4) Altered versions of this program must be clearly identified as
- such and may not be represented as the original.
-
- 5) This program may not be sold in any form without the express
- written consent of the author.
-
- Should any of the above be held unenforceable, the remainder shall
- remain in force.
-
- Acknowledgements
- ----------------
-
- The date parsing for at(1) is performed by a date parser based on the
- one used in B news, version 2.11.19. The parser is a complete
- re-write, however, to extend the functionality to that needed for at(1)
- and to correct some minor problems. I thank Steven M. Bellovin
- (unc!smb), the original author of the B news date parser, whose code
- gave me a number of ideas for my parser.
-
- Recommendations
- ---------------
-
- If you are running the regular BSD cron(8), which has only one crontab,
- get Paul Vixie's cron. This allows each user to have a crontab and
- provides commands for listing and replacing a crontab. The package is
- available in most comp.sources.unix archives.
-
- Contacting the Author
- ---------------------
-
- Reports of bugs, requests for enhancements, comments, compliments, and
- flames may be sent to the author at the following address. BTW, I call
- it the kat package (1) because I want to :-), and (2) in memory of Kat
- (1973 to 1986), a great programmer's assistant and lap warmer.
-
- Keith Pyle UUCP: ...!uunet!execu!keith
- Execucom Systems Corp., Austin, Texas Internet: keith@execu.com
-