5 Sep
2013
5 Sep
'13
5:28 p.m.
On Thu, Sep 05, 2013 at 10:24:55AM -0500, 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.
Don't background them individually; background the whole lot
#!/bin/sh ( perl /scripts/create_graph.pl perl /scripts/create_graph_out.pl etc ) &
Now they will run one after another and you don't need to sleep between them.
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rgds
Stephen