Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 04:10:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/37442: [PATCH] sleep.c to support time multipliers Message-ID: <200204251110.g3PBA3p27657@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/37442; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> To: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> Cc: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/37442: [PATCH] sleep.c to support time multipliers Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 14:07:17 +0300 On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 03:49:24PM +1000, Edwin Groothuis wrote: > > >Number: 37442 > >Category: bin > >Synopsis: [PATCH] sleep.c to support time multipliers > >Originator: Edwin Groothuis > >Description: > > I want to run my nightly downloads run in an xterm, so I can check > if they've run properly. Often I have to delay them for hours and > am now pretty good skilled in the multiplication table of 1800, but > now and then things are one hour off. To solve this, I've modified > sleep(1) to support multipliers: sleep 1h will sleep for one hour, > sleep 2.5m will sleep for two and a half minute. Mmm... not to knock your patch down, but.. you do realize that this can be done with expr(1) and/or shell built-in arithmetic functions (ksh and bash have $((5 * 1800)), don't know about other shells), right? G'luck, Peter -- Peter Pentchev roam@ringlet.net roam@FreeBSD.org PGP key: http://people.FreeBSD.org/~roam/roam.key.asc Key fingerprint FDBA FD79 C26F 3C51 C95E DF9E ED18 B68D 1619 4553 No language can express every thought unambiguously, least of all this one. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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