Re: at utility use

Hi,

the commands (in this case echo "test") are executed in a separate environment with no terminal associated. That's why you can't see the output in your terminal.

if you try instead creating or writing a file, this should work.

Alejandro.

Phil wrote:
> Thank you for reading this.
> 
> I want to download a file during my Internet off peak period and then shut down 
> the computer after the file has been downloaded.
> 
> I'm attempting to use the at utility like this:
> 
> at 03:00 < command_file
> 
> To test this, command_file contains echo "test".
> 
> at executes but nothing is displayed, I've also tried a known working script 
> and it doesn't execute either. What am I missing?
> 
> Also, to execute "shutdow -h now" I'm required to enter a password how can I 
> avoid this without running at as root? I have edited the sudoers file so that I 
> can execute shutdown.
>