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Old 04-18-2003, 02:15 PM   #1
raypen
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wait in bash shells

Is there another 'wait' command available to bash
scripts which will halt script processing for a specified
number of seconds to allow certain commands time
to complete?

I know there is a wait command, but it waits for
background jobs only, not necessarily a specified
period of time.

TIA
 
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Old 04-18-2003, 02:19 PM   #2
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Try "sleep N" where N is a number of seconds.
 
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