RE: [expert] shell script function to pause / wait

2000-12-15 Thread Bill Shirley
man sleep Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Andy Judge Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 5:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] shell script function to pause / wait What is the function to have the script pause for n

Re: [expert] shell script function to pause / wait

2000-12-14 Thread Adam Clater
sleep x x=numseconds What is the function to have the script pause for n amount of seconds before executing the next line of instructions? I'm trying to write a script that uses Samba mounts to backup documents and E-mail on clients. The problem is that when I try to umount the smbfs

[expert] shell script function to pause / wait

2000-12-14 Thread Andy Judge
What is the function to have the script pause for n amount of seconds before executing the next line of instructions? I'm trying to write a script that uses Samba mounts to backup documents and E-mail on clients. The problem is that when I try to umount the smbfs directory to mount another for

Re: [expert] shell script function to pause / wait

2000-12-14 Thread Michael O'Henly
Is there a simple way of making x random -- say a random value between 0 and 4 seconds? On Thursday 14 December 2000 12:06, you wrote: sleep x x=numseconds What is the function to have the script pause for n amount of seconds before executing the next line of instructions? I'm trying