Re: OT: A question about bash scripting

[Wolf Halton <wolf.halton@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 6:57 AM, Ralf Mardorf
<ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net> wrote:
> Hi :)
>
> how can I get rid of the variable "seconds"?
>
> ((seconds=(done-started)-(((done-started)/60)*60)+100))
> min_sec=$(((done-started)/60))":"${seconds: -2}
>                                    ^^^^^^^ the math should replace the
> variable.
>
> ### Killall and Restore session
>  started=$(date +%s)
>  bash "$song_path/session/start-session-$startversion"
>
>  ### Time
>  month=$(date +%B)
>  mon=$(date +%b)
>  d_y_t=$(date '+/%d/%Y %T')
>  done=$(date +%s)
>  ((seconds=(done-started)-(((done-started)/60)*60)+100))
>  min_sec=$(((done-started)/60))":"${seconds: -2}
>  echo
>  echo    "Attended time to restore session:         $min_sec"
>  echo -n "Session restored at " ; printf %9.9s $month ; echo $d_y_t
>  echo
>
> TIA,
> Ralf
>
>

Ralf,
I don't understand.
What are you wanting to do with the script?
If you don't like the name of the variable, make up another one.

Wolf

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