HAT (Hyper-AT) is an one time run job scheduler for GNU/Linux, with an emphasis on usability. It is designed to be a direct replacement of at (atq, atrm), batch, and other such one time run task scheduling engines/toolsets.

Benefits of hat:

• Seconds resolution i.e. you can run job at the mentioned second
• Use your shell of choice; you're not bound to /bin/sh
• Job modification is supported; you can easily modify command, time of an enqueued job
• Flexible datetime specifications, see https://github.com/heemayl/humantime-epoch-converter
• Will run a scheduled job later when the computer was off at that time, so no job will be missed
• User specific jobs, secured approach
• User based logging, all logs from jobs of a user go in ~/.hatd/logs/
• All-in-one i.e. no separate tool based on job or pattern
• Easy to use

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Installation:

1. Clone or download the repository

2. Run the install.sh script as superuser

3. Check hatc --help

N.B The userspace command is hatc -- the only thing you should need.

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Example workflow:

# Job listing: --list/-l
% hatc -l
Job queue is empty

# `hatc --list` is the default
% hatc
Job queue is empty

# Job count: --count/-c
% hatc -c
0

# Job addition/scheduling: --add/-a
% hatc --add free 'now + 5 min'
{'msg': 'Done'}

% hatc -l
ID		    Time		Shell		Command
1	    2018-02-08T16:47:29		  -		free

% hatc -c
1

% hatc -a 'echo $PATH' 'tomorrow 14:40:30' bash
{'msg': 'Done'}

% hatc -l
ID		    Time		Shell		Command
1	    2018-02-08T16:47:29		  -		free
2	    2018-02-09T14:40:30		bash		echo $PATH

% hatc -c
2

# Job removal: --remove/-r
% hatc --remove 1
{'msg': 'Queued'}

% hatc -l
ID		    Time		Shell		Command
2           2018-02-09T14:40:30		bash		echo $PATH

% hatc -c
1

% hatc --remove 2
{'msg': 'Queued'}

% hatc -l
Job queue is empty

% hatc -c
0

% hatc -a free 'now +30 mins'
{'msg': 'Done'}

% hatc -l
ID		    Time	       Shell		Command
1	    2018-02-09T03:41:57		 -		free

# Job modification: --modify/-m
% hatc --modify 1 'free -m' _
{'msg': 'Done'}

% hatc -l
ID		    Time	       Shell		Command
1	    2018-02-09T03:41:57		 -		free -m

% hatc -m 1 _ 'today 14:30:42'
{'msg': 'Done'}

% hatc -l
ID     		    Time	       Shell		Command
1 	    2018-02-09T14:30:42		 -		free -m

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