The manual for atd describes the command-line option:
-b Specify the minimum interval in seconds between the start of two batch jobs (60 default).
How can I permanently set this option so that, for example, jobs queued by batch are allowed to run within 10 seconds of each other?
In Ubuntu 11.04 atd is started in /etc/init/atd.conf. Modify the line
exec atd
to use the command-line options you want.
In older version of Ubuntu atd be be started in something like /etc/init.d/atd using normal shell syntax. If you have such a version and need help editing please provide that file.
