atrm(1)

atrm -- remove jobs spooled by at or batch

Synopsis

atrm [-afi] arg ...

Description

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

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

Jobs belonging to other users can only be removed by a privileged user.

The atrm command can be used with the following options:

-a: All. Remove all unexecuted jobs that were created by the current user. If invoked by a 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: spool area
/usr/lib/locale/locale/LC_MESSAGES/uxcore: language-specific message file (See LANG on environ(5).)

References

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