Re: Sequential background tasks

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On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 15:54:53 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:

>>> does this mean you need to start task-a, wait a little and then start
>>> task b to run concurrently with task-a?
>> 
>> Exactly. [...]
>> 
>> It sound a bit confusion but the bottom line is, yes, I need to do
>> exactly what you've described.
> 
> Then how about:
> 
> {task-a &} && sleep 5 && {task-b &}

thanks a lot Ron. It definately seems promising. I'll give it a try. It'll
take a while to proof though.... 

thanks again