Bug#182331: ITP: sleepenh -- an enhanced sleep program for using in shell scripts
Pedro Zorzenon Neto <pzn@terra.com.br> writes:
> Package: wnpp
> Version: N/A; reported 2003-02-24
> Severity: wishlist
>
> * Package name : sleepenh
> Version : 1.2
> Upstream Author : Pedro Zorzenon Neto <pzn@autsens.com>
> * URL : http://www.autsens.com/pzn/
> * License : GPL
> Description : an enhanced sleep program for using in shell scripts
>
> Hi folks,
>
> I needed to use an enhanced sleep command in shell scripts that could
> be able to execute loops with a regular repeat interval. Then I did this
> simple program to do it.
>
> Since I think this program is usefull for others too, I'll pack it.
You mean this does nothing but
while sleep n; do command; done
?
--
Falk
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