System V -- BATCH command

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1 total messages Started by M. D. Parker Fri, 16 Jun 1989 19:21

Author: M. D. Parker
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 1989 19:21

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The MAN page for BATCH(1) and AT(1) lists information about both commands
together.  The man page indicates that invoking the BATCH command will 
wait to start a job "until system load permits".  

Exactly what does this mean?  

The BATCH(1) command is implemented via a shell script calling AT(1) with a
special option.  So it looks like things are run via CRON anyway.

If the statement means that a specified value of the system load figures
are checked, what are the defaults?  can you change the defaults easily?

Thanks...

Mike Parker
Manager, Systems Administration

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