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+NAME
+ sat - A simple implementation of at(1), with some incompatibility
+
+DESCRIPTION
+ sat is a simple implementation of at(1). But is not fully compatible
+ with at(1). It is used to queue jobs to be executed later, outside
+ the current controlling terminal.
+
+ sat can also print and edit the list of queued jobs.
+
+RATIONALE
+ at(1) is far too complex.
+
+ sat does not do natural language time parsing, it is far too complex,
+ and locale dependent, for all programs to implemeent and should be
+ done in a separate program.
+
+ sat does not sanitise the environment. You have env(1) for that.
+ Relaying on sat to sanitise the environment appropriately could prove
+ to be a misfortune.
+
+ sat does not do mailing because that is very restrictive, hooks are
+ used instead.
+
+ENVIRONMENY
+ XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
+ This environment variable names the directory in which
+ interprocess communication related files are stored. If
+ unset or empty, /run is used.
+
+SEE ALSO
+ at(1), cron(1), sleep-until(1)
+