Windows 2000 Administration in a Nutshell

Name

at

Synopsis

Schedules jobs (commands or programs) to run on a computer at a specified time and date. It can also be used to display the currently scheduled jobs.

Syntax

at [\\computername] [ [id] [/delete] | [/yes] ]
at [\\computername] time [/interactive] [/every:date[,...] | 
next:date[,...] ] command

Options

none

Displays scheduled jobs.

\\ computername

Specifies the name of the remote computer on which the job is run. (If omitted, the job executes on the local computer.)

id

Is the identification number assigned to the scheduled job.

/delete

Removes a job from the list of scheduled jobs. (If id is omitted, all scheduled jobs on the specified computer are canceled.)

/yes

Executes the scheduled job without prompting for confirmation.

time

Specifies when the command is to run (syntax is hours:minutes in 24-hour notation).

/interactive

Lets the scheduled job interact with the desktop of the user logged on when the job runs.

/every:date[,...]

Runs the job on specified day(s) of the week or month. Use M,T,W,Th,F,S,Su for days or the numbers 1 through 31 for dates, and separate with commas. (If omitted, the current date is used.)

/next:date[,...]

Runs the job on the next occurrence of the specified day or date.

command

Is the command, program (.exe or .com file), or batch file (.bat or .cmd file) scheduled to run. Enclose the command in quotes if it includes spaces. If a path is required, use an absolute path for commands run on the local machine and a UNC path (\\server\share) for remote ...