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- UNTIL [DUAL MODE]
-
- NAME UNTIL - Waits until a specified time.
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- SYNTAX
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- until time
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- USAGE
-
- Until is used to wait until a given time of the day. It
- support two time formats. The first list the absolute
- time in hh:mm:ss -format, where hh=hour, mm=minute,
- ss=second. The time is parsed from left to right. That is
- a two part time represents hh:mm and a one part time
- represents hours only.
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- The second format is given relative to the current time.
- This format is identical to the first format, except that
- it starts with a plus (+).
-
- Until can be used for example in command scripts to wait
- to a specified time. It is equivalent to the
- at time null-command, where null is a command which does
- nothing.
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- EXAMPLES
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- 1) Wait until ten o'clock
- until 10:00
- 2) Wait ten seconds
- until +00:00:10
- 3) Check the until command.
- runtime until +00:00:10
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- SEE ALSO
- at
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