Maintenance Commands lmat(1m)
NAME
lmat - schedules commands or programs to run on a server at
a specified time or date. (Note that there also exists an
MS-DOS at command.)
SYNOPSIS
lmat [/I instance] [id] [/delete]
lmat [/I instance] time [/every:date[,...] | /next:date [,...]]
] command
DESCRIPTION
Use the lmat command to run commands at regularly scheduled
intervals. To display a list of scheduled commands, type
lmat without options. Commands scheduled with the lmat
utility run as background processes; no output is displayed
at the server.
To redirect the output to a file, use the redirection symbol
( > ) and the full path name. If you redirect output to a
file, enclose the command you are scheduling in quotation
marks.
Scheduled tasks are not lost if you stop the server, but the
server must be running at the time the commands are
scheduled to execute.
OPTIONS
/I instance
Specifies the PCNL instance name or number. In a multi-
instance environment instance may be specified either on the
command line or by the environment variable PCNL_INSTANCE.
If there is only one instance configured, it is not neces-
sary to specify this argument.
id
An identification number assigned to a scheduled command.
time
Specifies the time when command is to run. It is expressed
as hours:minutes in a 24-hour notation (00:00 [midnight]
through 23:59).
command
Specifies the command that is to run on PC NetLink. When
the command requires a path name as an argument, use the
absolute path name.
/delete
Cancels a scheduled command. If id is omitted, all
scheduled commands on the server are canceled.
/every:date[,...]
Runs the command on each specified day(s) of the week or
month. Specify date as one or more days of the week (M, T,
W, Th, F, S, Su) or one or more days of the month (using
numbers 1 through 31). Separate multiple date entries with
a comma. If date is omitted, the current date is assumed.
/next:date[,...]
Runs the command on the next occurrence of the day. Specify
date as one or more days of the week (M, T, W, Th, F, S, Su)
or one or more days of the month (using numbers 1 through
31). Separate multiple date entries with a comma. If date
is omitted, the current date is assumed.
EXAMPLES
To display a list of commands scheduled on the server, type
the following command:
net admin \\servername /command lmat
To learn more about a command with the identification number
3, type the following command:
net admin \\servername /command lmat 3
To cancel all commands scheduled on a server, clear the lmat
schedule by typing the following command:
net admin \\servername /command lmat /delete.SF