diff -r de663b03be21 sys/src/cmd/upas/q/runq.c
--- a/sys/src/cmd/upas/q/runq.c	Sat Jan 23 11:03:05 2021 -0800
+++ b/sys/src/cmd/upas/q/runq.c	Sat Jan 23 11:27:11 2021 -0800
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 int	njob = 1;		/* number of concurrent jobs to invoke */
 int	Eflag;			/* ignore E.xxxxxx dates */
 int	Rflag;			/* no giving up, ever */
+int	aflag;			/* do all dirs */
 
 void
 usage(void)
@@ -82,27 +83,37 @@
 	case 'q':
 		qdir = EARGF(usage());
 		break;
+	case 'a':
+		aflag++;
+		break;
 	case 'n':
 		njob = atoi(EARGF(usage()));
 		if(njob == 0)
 			usage();
 		break;
+	default:
+		usage();
+		break;
 	}ARGEND;
 
 	if(argc != 2)
 		usage();
 
-	if(qdir == nil) 
+	if(!aflag && qdir == nil){
 		qdir = getuser();
-	if(qdir == nil)
-		error("unknown user", 0);
+		if(qdir == nil)
+			error("unknown user", 0);
+	}
 	root = argv[0];
 	cmd = argv[1];
 
 	if(chdir(root) < 0)
 		error("can't cd to %s", root);
 
-	dodir(qdir);
+	if(aflag)
+		doalldirs();
+	else
+		dodir(qdir);
 	exits(0);
 }
 
@@ -129,6 +140,38 @@
 }
 
 /*
+ *  run all user directories, must be bootes (or root on unix) to do this
+ */
+void
+doalldirs(void)
+{
+	Dir *db;
+	int fd;
+	long i, n;
+
+
+	fd = open(".", OREAD);
+	if(fd == -1){
+		warning("reading %s", root);
+		return;
+	}
+	n = dirreadall(fd, &db);
+	if(n == 0){
+		close(fd);
+		return;
+	}
+	for(i=0; i<n; i++){
+		if((db[i].qid.type & QTDIR) == 0)
+			continue;
+		if(emptydir(db[i].name))
+			continue;
+		dodir(db[i].name);
+	}
+	free(db);
+	close(fd);
+}
+
+/*
  *  cd to a user directory and run it
  */
 void