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                      3: atrun                   System Maintenance                  atrun
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                      8: Execute commands at a preset time
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                     11: atrun is  a program that executes  programs at a time  set by the
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                     14: When user steve types
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                     17:         at 1230 /v/steve/lunchtime
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                     20: the command at  creates a shell script in directory /usr/spool/at
                     21: that   contains  the  information   needed  to   execute  command
                     22: /v/steve/lunchtime at  a later time  -- in this  instance, 12:30.
                     23: The  spooled file sits   /usr/spool/at until  /usr/lib/atrun sees
                     24: that the  specified time has  been reached, then  it executes the
                     25: spooled command and removes the entry from /usr/spool/at.
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                     27: atrun is not a daemon; that is, it is invoked by another program,
                     28: does its work and  exits.  Thus, it is typically run periodically
                     29: from an  entry in the file /usr/lib/crontab.   See the article on
                     30: at for more details.
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                     32: ***** See Also *****
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                     34: at, system maintenance
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                     36: ***** Notes *****
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                     38: Although  atrun  technically  is  a  command,  is  never  invoked
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