[Wylug-discuss] Unix History: Tea Time

Dave Fisher davef at gbdirect.co.uk
Wed Jul 30 15:27:24 BST 2003


On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 03:22:26PM +0100, ALLEN, David wrote:
> At the risk of appearing stupid, what on earth are you talking about!!?!!

The ancient and much-loved "at" command can take date and time
parameters in many forms, including (somewhat surprisingly)
user-friendly time specifications like "midnight" and "teatime" (4 pm).

Of course, cron is nothing like as manageable ;-)

Dave




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