Re: Deterministic delays in POSIX shell scripts (Was: Re: notify via virtual terminal available packages)

2020-09-25 Thread David Wright
On Fri 25 Sep 2020 at 12:28:31 (+), Andy Smith wrote: > On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 07:49:19AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 07:44:25AM +, Andy Smith wrote: > > > "hostid" tends to return a hexadecimal representation of the first > > > IPv4 address (but isn't guarantee

Re: Deterministic delays in POSIX shell scripts (Was: Re: notify via virtual terminal available packages)

2020-09-25 Thread Andy Smith
Hello, On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 07:49:19AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 07:44:25AM +, Andy Smith wrote: > > "hostid" tends to return a hexadecimal representation of the first > > IPv4 address (but isn't guaranteed to). > > unicorn:~$ hostid > 007f0101 > > Doesn't look

Re: Deterministic delays in POSIX shell scripts (Was: Re: notify via virtual terminal available packages)

2020-09-25 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 07:44:25AM +, Andy Smith wrote: > "hostid" tends to return a hexadecimal representation of the first > IPv4 address (but isn't guaranteed to). unicorn:~$ hostid 007f0101 Doesn't look very useful. That's just 127.0.1.1 in a 16-bit little endian format. > On a systemd

Deterministic delays in POSIX shell scripts (Was: Re: notify via virtual terminal available packages)

2020-09-25 Thread Andy Smith
Hello, On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 08:49:07AM -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > On Thu, 24 Sep 2020 10:38:55 -0400 > Greg Wooledge wrote: > > So you're just doing "sleep 1" every time. > > Ah, thank you. Yup. Which is weird, because it worked when I first > wrote that many years ago. In cron scripts w

Re: POSIX shell

2002-11-10 Thread Bob Proulx
Stephen Gran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-11-10 19:41:08 -0500]: > This one time, at band camp, Bruce Park said: > > What exactly is a POSIX shell? > It is a shell that complies with the Portable Operating System Interface > - basically, system calls, expected behaviors a

Re: POSIX shell

2002-11-10 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Bruce Park said: > What exactly is a POSIX shell? > > bp It is a shell that complies with the Portable Operating System Interface - basically, system calls, expected behaviors and that sort of thing. Makes it easier for programmers to write cross-platform

POSIX shell

2002-11-10 Thread Bruce Park
What exactly is a POSIX shell? bp _ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubs