Timing Command Summary

All timing and synchronization commands are prefaced by 's' and must be lower case. These commands are processed internal to the queue processing daemon.

lst HH:MM:SS Wait until LST is reached.
mail .... Send mail with text (rest of line)
pause HH:MM:SS Wait for indicated amount of time.
pos_above DD.d HH:MM:SSWait while Sun is above DD.d degrees.
pos_below DD.d HH:MM:SSWait while Sun is below DD.d degrees.
sun_above DD.d Wait while Sun is above DD.d degrees.
sun_below DD.d Wait while Sun is below DD.d degrees.
time HH:MM:SS Wait until UT time is reached.


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Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute