[systemd-devel] at replacement

[Matt Zagrabelny]

Hey Filipe,

On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 3:07 PM, Filipe Brandenburger <filbranden at google.com
> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 12:04 PM Matt Zagrabelny <mzagrabe at d.umn.edu>
> wrote:
> > I know systemd can replace cron. Do folks use it to replace "at", too?
> >
> > I know it *can* - with two files per "at" entry and then enabling and
> starting the timer.
> >
> > Is there an easier with to replace "at" with systemd than creating two
> files and enabling and starting the timer?
>
> Take a look at systemd-run and, in particular, options such as
> --on-active=, --on-calendar= and --timer-property=, which allow you to
> set a .timer option on demand for a single one-off command.
>

What sort of timer properties are folks setting or adjusting via the
--timer-property? That is, when would I use such an option?


>
> https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd-
> run.html#--on-active=
>
> I hope this helps!
>

It does!

Thanks much!

-m
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