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From: mparker@chip.UUCP (M. D. Parker)
Newsgroups: comp.bugs.sys5,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: System V -- BATCH command
Keywords: sys5 at cron batch
Message-ID: <255@chip.UUCP>
Date: 16 Jun 89 19:21:52 GMT
Organization: M/A-COM Government Systems Inc., San Diego, CA
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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