How to Submit a Batch Job Using the 'at' Command
To run a job at the lower priority of the UNIX batch processor, but to
run it right now -
1. Type 'at -m now' to go to the batch processor. 'now' is interpreted as
the time at which you want to run the job. '-m' tells the system to
send you email when the job has completed.
2. At the 'at' prompt, type sas and the name of your sas program.
3. Press 'Enter'.
4. Press control-d.
Here's an example:
irv@rubin> at -m now
at> sas oranges.sas
at> (control d)
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To run a job at a specified future time in the UNIX batch processor -
1. Type 'at -m specified_time'. This will run your job at the time you
specify on the same day. (You can also specify a complete time and
date. Issue the command 'man at' to get complete info on using 'at'.)
2. At the 'at' prompt, type sas and the name of your sas program.
3. Press 'Enter'.
4. Press control-d. The last 2 lines in the notification below are from
the system indicating that your commands will be executed and the
time it will happen.
Here's an example -
irv@rubin> at -m 16:02
at> sas oranges.sas
at>
commands will be executed using /bin/tcsh
job 1038862920.a at Mon Dec 2 16:02:00 2002
