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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: at.1,v 1.49 2014/01/30 13:31:28 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: at.1,v 1.50 2014/02/15 18:29:08 schwarze Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (C) 1993, 1994 Thomas Koenig
.\" Copyright (C) 1993 David Parsons
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: January 30 2014 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: February 15 2014 $
.Dt AT 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ queue.
.It Fl t Ar time_arg
Specify the job time.
The argument should be of the form
-[[cc]yy]mmddHHMM[.SS],
+.Oo Oo Ar cc Oc Ns Ar yy Oc Ns Ar mmddHHMM Ns Op \&. Ns Ar SS ,
where the parts of the argument represent the following:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width Ds -compact -offset indent
@@ -171,15 +171,15 @@ or
to run a job at a specific time of day.
(If that time is already past, the next day is assumed.)
You may also specify
-.Sy midnight ,
-.Sy noon ,
+.Cm midnight ,
+.Cm noon ,
or
-.Sy teatime
+.Cm teatime
(4pm)
and you can have a time-of-day suffixed with
-.Dq AM
+.Cm AM
or
-.Dq PM
+.Cm PM
for running in the morning or the evening.
You can also say what day the job will be run,
by giving a date in the form
@@ -204,27 +204,26 @@ a typo.
The specification of a date must follow the specification of
the time of day.
You can also give times like
-.Op Sq now
-.Sy + Ar count \%time-units ,
+.Oo Cm now Oc Cm + Ar count time-units ,
where the time-units can be
-.Sy minutes ,
-.Sy hours ,
-.Sy days ,
-.Sy weeks ,
-.Sy months ,
+.Cm minutes ,
+.Cm hours ,
+.Cm days ,
+.Cm weeks ,
+.Cm months ,
or
-.Sy years
+.Cm years
(the singular forms are also accepted).
You can tell
.Nm at
to run the job today by suffixing the time with
-.Sy today
+.Cm today
and to run the job tomorrow by suffixing the time with
-.Sy tomorrow .
+.Cm tomorrow .
The
-.Sy next
+.Cm next
keyword may be used as an alias for
-.Sy + 1 .
+.Cm + 1 .
.Pp
For example, to run a job at 4pm three days from now, you would do
.Ic at 4pm + 3 days .
@@ -366,7 +365,7 @@ this implementation permits a
.Ar timespec
argument.
The
-.Sy teatime
+.Cm teatime
keyword is an extension to the specification.
.Pp
The at.allow/deny mechanism is marked by