Re: Sequential background tasks
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T wrote:
> hi
>
> I find that in many cases I need my background tasks to be executed in
> sequence. Ie, I need background task-b to start right after background
> task-a has properly started.
>
> So far I haven't found a good way to do it. I used
>
> task-a & sleep 2; task-b &
>
> but that 'sleep 2' has changed to 'sleep 5' and still sometimes task-b
> starts before task-a. I can raise the wait time, but it means that task-b
> would normally start too late...
>
> Any good way?
"background" and "in sequence" are a bit (no, a *lot*) contradictory.
What you probably want is a *sequence* and put *it* in the
background. This, maybe:
(task-a && sleep 2 && task-b) &
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For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that
whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins
are mud people.
However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong.
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