Hello List, i was wondering if the behaviour of 'sched' was what everybody expects: At least i was startled, when i found out, that it does not "really" schedule my jobs... an example: > sched +0:01 date +%R should wait one minute and then print the current date. As long as i don't use the shell, i don't get a feedback (no output from 'date'). I have f.i. to press <enter>. This is perfectly fine for me. However, the result from 'date' is not what i expected: assume it was exactly high noon, when i typed in the command from above: 12:00> sched +0:01 date +%R then i would wait for exactly two minutes until i press <return>. I would think the 'date' command was executed at 12:01 and be printed at 12:02: 12:02> <pressing enter> 12:01 instead i get: 12:02> "pressing enter> 12:02 which means, that the 'date' command was executed NOT at 12:01 but at 12:02! [i hope this example isn't too confusing... ;-} ] Can someone please tell me if and how this behaviour can be changed? I mean, what good is a scheduling service if i need to be around to press a key to trigger it??? How do you guys schedule your jobs? Many thanks in advance! Holger PS: zsh ROCKS! PPS: > zsh --version zsh 4.3.2 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) i have (amongst others) the following options set in my .zshrc: setopt MONITOR setopt NOTIFY ... but i have also tried it without these...without success.
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