This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0045_01C2E698.C2B5D870 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, Have a look here: http://www.gnu.org/manual/bash-2.05a/bashref.html What you want to do is something like: sleep 5m Good Luck! Steve Noumenaut Software Steve Jovanovic Director of Engineering http://dev.noumenaut.com 262.632.7755 "And the walls shall have eyes, and the doors shall have ears." - Bowie -----Original Message----- From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Entelin Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 11:19 PM To: Phoenix Linux Users Group Subject: timed delay with bash How would I make bash wait a certain amount of time before proceding. (I want to delay for like 5 min's). --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss ------=_NextPart_000_0045_01C2E698.C2B5D870 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; name="Steve Jovanovic (stevej@noumenaut.com).vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Steve Jovanovic (stevej@noumenaut.com).vcf" BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N:Jovanovic;Steve FN:Steve Jovanovic (stevej@noumenaut.com) ORG:Noumenaut Software TITLE:Noumenaut Skribe Geek TEL;WORK;VOICE:(262) 632-7755 TEL;CELL;VOICE:(262) 930-9932 ADR;WORK:;;2918 Goold St.;Racine;WI;53404-1915;United States of America LABEL;WORK;ENCODING=3DQUOTED-PRINTABLE:2918 Goold St.=3D0D=3D0ARacine, = WI 53404-1915=3D0D=3D0AUnited States of America URL;WORK:http://dev.noumenaut.com EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET:stevej@noumenaut.com REV:20030213T140645Z END:VCARD ------=_NextPart_000_0045_01C2E698.C2B5D870--