[Novices] very simple at commands

Bruce Smith bruce at armintl.com
Sun Feb 27 11:51:55 EST 2005


> > > Also, I had forgotten (or never knew) that standard output of at gets
> > > mailed.  I don't often use it for echo, as in my example, but is there
> > > any way to send it to the invoking terminal instead?
> > Try just using xmessage if you have it installed.
> > Example:
> > $ xmessage Go to your meeting!
> 
> Will this even work if you logout between scheduling and the event?   It
> would seem X permission/access will get in the way.

I doubt it would work with at/cron even if you DIDN'T logout.

 - BS




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