6 Sep
2013
6 Sep
'13
3:05 p.m.
On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 8:44 AM, Nicolas Thierry-Mieg < Nicolas.Thierry-Mieg@imag.fr> wrote:
Matt wrote:
I have a script file in my cron.hourly that contains a good number of scripts I must call.
#!/bin/sh
sleep 15 perl /scripts/create_graph.pl &
sleep 15 perl /scripts/create_graph_out.pl &
many more lines. etc.
Is there a way I can sleep random length to time before executing each but background each one so master script returns promptly. Something like.
sleep 15 && perl /scripts/create_graph.pl & should return promptly, another reply addresses the random part.
sleep $(($RANDOM%300))