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8 .Nd run jobs queued for later execution
22 has to contain the line
24 */5 * * * * root /usr/libexec/atrun
29 gets invoked every five minutes.
33 will start all the jobs in the lowercase queues whose start
35 In addition, if the load average over the last minute was less than
36 the specified limit then a maximum of one batch job (denoted by the
37 uppercase queues) is started.
39 Before starting a job,
41 will check the status of its owner's account with
43 and refuse to run the job if the account is unavailable,
44 e.g., locked out or expired.
46 .Bl -tag -width indent
48 Specify a limiting load factor, over which batch jobs should
49 not be run, instead of the compiled in default of 1.5.
51 Debug; print error messages to standard error instead of using
57 to work, you have to start up a
61 .Bl -tag -width /etc/pam.d/atrun -compact
62 .It Pa /etc/pam.d/atrun
64 configuration file for
67 Directory containing job files
69 Directory containing output spool files