Author: | Richard Isaacson |
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New in version 1.5.
Use this module to schedule a command or script file to run once in the future. All jobs are executed in the ‘a’ queue.
parameter | required | default | choices | comments |
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command | no | A command to be executed in the future. | ||
count | yes | The count of units in the future to execute the command or script file. | ||
script_file | no | An existing script file to be executed in the future. | ||
state | no | present |
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The state dictates if the command or script file should be evaluated as present(added) or absent(deleted). |
unique | no | If a matching job is present a new job will not be added. | ||
units | yes |
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The type of units in the future to execute the command or script file. |
Note
Requires at
# Schedule a command to execute in 20 minutes as root.
- at: command="ls -d / > /dev/null" count=20 units="minutes"
# Match a command to an existing job and delete the job.
- at: command="ls -d / > /dev/null" state="absent"
# Schedule a command to execute in 20 minutes making sure it is unique in the queue.
- at: command="ls -d / > /dev/null" unique=true count=20 units="minutes"