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Old 04-18-2008, 09:30 AM
Michael Tosch
 
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Default Re: how to start script in 30 seconds

mmccaws2 wrote:
> I guess my users are impatient. I'm trying to use a script that uses
> the 'at' command to start scripts. I use
> at now + 1 minutes
> ./startscripts
> ctrld
>
> now but when I replace 1 minutes with 0.5 minutes or 30 seconds I get
> a bad date specification.
>
> What the alternative?
>
> Mike



sleep 30 && ./startscripts &


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