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Name

atrm - remove jobs spooled by at or batch

Synopsis

atrm [ -afi ] [ [ job # ] [ user ] ... ]

Availability

SUNWcsu

Description

atrm removes delayed-execution jobs that were created with the at(1) command, but have not yet executed. The list of these jobs and associated job numbers can be displayed by using atq(1) .

atrm removes each job-number you specify, and/or all jobs belonging to the user you specify, provided that you own the indicated jobs.

You can only remove jobs belonging to other users if you have super-user privileges.

Options

-a
All. Remove all unexecuted jobs that were created by the current user. If invoked by the privileged user, the entire queue will be flushed.
-f
Force. All information regarding the removal of the specified jobs is suppressed.
-i
Interactive. atrm asks if a job should be removed. If you respond with a y, the job will be removed.

Files

/var/spool/cron/atjobs
spool area for at jobs

See Also

at(1) , atq(1) , cron(1M)


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