Is there a simple way of making x random -- say a random value between 0 and 4 seconds? On Thursday 14 December 2000 12:06, you wrote: > > sleep x > > x=numseconds > > > What is the function to have the script pause for n amount of seconds > > before executing the next line of instructions? I'm trying to write a > > script that uses Samba mounts to backup documents and E-mail on clients. > > The problem is that when I try to umount the smbfs directory to mount > > another for another computer, it does it too quickly and it never umounts > > the first mount. Any help would be much appreciated. > > > > Andy > > > > > > > > > > ------------=_976823516-6145-0 > > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: > > Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: text/plain; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: ---------------------------------------- -- Michael O'Henly TENZO Design
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