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at - Schedule the execution of a command or script file via the at command.

New in version 1.5.

Synopsis

  • Use this module to schedule a command or script file to run once in the future.
  • All jobs are executed in the ‘a’ queue.

Options

parameter required default choices comments
command
 no
A command to be executed in the future.
count
 yes
The count of units in the future to execute the command or script file.
script_file
 no
An existing script file to be executed in the future.
state
 no present
  • present
  • absent
The state dictates if the command or script file should be evaluated as present(added) or absent(deleted).
unique
 no
If a matching job is present a new job will not be added.
units
 yes
  • minutes
  • hours
  • days
  • weeks
The type of units in the future to execute the command or script file.

Examples

# Schedule a command to execute in 20 minutes as root.
- at:
    command: "ls -d / > /dev/null"
    count: 20
    units: minutes

# Match a command to an existing job and delete the job.
- at:
    command: "ls -d / > /dev/null"
    state: absent

# Schedule a command to execute in 20 minutes making sure it is unique in the queue.
- at:
    command: "ls -d / > /dev/null"
    unique: true
    count: 20
    units: minutes

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Maintenance Info

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