sleep called with very big numbers returns immediately with success -Matt
m...@ita1bbx40,d1r17733u07 | date; sleep 9999999999 && echo success; date; sleep --version Tue Nov 9 14:31:04 EST 2010 success Tue Nov 9 14:31:04 EST 2010 sleep (GNU coreutils) 5.97 Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Written by Jim Meyering and Paul Eggert. m...@ita1bbx40,d1r17733u07 |
