Can't use alias with "at" command !

asked 2017-11-22 08:36:32 -0500

arselan
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Hello everybody,

I am new in the world of Fedora, so i have a little problem. in my .bashrc file I defined an alias for the "halt -p" command:

alias bye='halt -p'

this alias is working perfectly in the terminal but when I try to use it with the "at" command..

$ sudo at now +5 min
[sudo] Mot de passe de Semah : 
warning: commands will be executed using /bin/sh
at> bye
at> <EOT>
job 35 at Wed Nov 22 15:27:00 2017

Nothing happens !!

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answered 2017-11-22 10:50:29 -0500

villykruse
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That is correct. You only have the currently exported environment variables available for executing by at.

You can run atq to get the job number, and then run at -c jobnumber where jobnumber is the value from the atq command. this will show you which variable and commands exactly is run when at is running the job.

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