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Date:      Fri, 21 Sep 2001 12:05:03 -0300 (ART)
From:      Fernando Gleiser <fgleiser@cactus.fi.uba.ar>
To:        Drew Tomlinson <drewt@writeme.com>
Cc:        "FreeBSD Questions (E-mail)" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Is There A "Wait" Command for Scripts?
Message-ID:  <20010921120318.M11474-100000@cactus.fi.uba.ar>
In-Reply-To: <5CD46247635BD511B6B100A0CC3F023925A0BE@ldcmsx01.lc.ca.gov>

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On Fri, 21 Sep 2001, Drew Tomlinson wrote:

> I'm looking for a command to include in a csh script that will make the
> script "wait" for 20 seconds or so before continuing on with the script.  I
> have been unsuccessful in finding what I need in man.  Thanks!

Errrr, sleep(1) ?

<quote>
SLEEP(1)                FreeBSD General Commands Manual               SLEEP(1)

NAME
     sleep - suspend execution for an interval of time

SYNOPSIS
     sleep seconds

DESCRIPTION
     The sleep command suspends execution for a minimum of seconds.

</quote>



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