On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 12:40:37PM +0100, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > +# Select a random day to submit on, to spread the load over time, unless it > is already set. > +select_random_day() { > + RANDOM=$(dd if=/dev/urandom count=1 2> /dev/null | cksum | cut > -c"1-5") > + DAY=$(($RANDOM % 7)) > +}
This seems overly complex: we could just replace _both_ lines by DAY=$(bash -c 'echo $(($RANDOM % 7))') Cheers, -- Bill. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Imagine a large red swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]