From: mcclnx mcc <mcclnx at yahoo.com.tw> > we have Redhat 5.5 on server. Recently we tried to use "sleep" command on >batch job script some sleep work but some not sleep. any one have ideal? > #/bin/bash > set -v > program1 > sleep 30 > program2 > sleep 60 > program3 > sleep 40 > ... Maybe try to replace each sleep with: (time strace sleep xx) 2>> sleeps.log ... and check the logs... JD