We are using AIX flavour and the decimal number comparison is working fine.
Pls let me know if this is because of the unix flavour.
Thanks
yes. You are probably using ksh93. Try the following to confirm. Also note you should use (( )) instead of [[ ]] or [] when dealing with numbers in ksh93.
I'm trying to compile and install both most recent version of 'make' and the
most recent version of 'openssh' on my Sparc20.
I've run into the following problems... and I don't know what they mean. Can
someone please help me resolve these issues?
I'm using the 'make' version that was... (5 Replies)
Hi
how can i do this?
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2) make entry to cron table to run a script every 15 mins.
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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS
sleep
sleep(1) User Commands sleep(1)NAME
sleep - suspend execution for an interval
SYNOPSIS
/usr/bin/sleep
/usr/bin/sleep time
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sleep time
DESCRIPTION
/usr/bin/sleep
sleep suspends execution for at least the integral number of seconds specified by time.
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sleep suspends execution for at least the time in seconds specified by time or until a SIGALRM signal is received.
OPERANDS
/usr/bin/sleep
The following operands are supported for /usr/bin/sleep:
time time in seconds can be specified as a non-negative decimal integer number.
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The following operands are supported:
time Specify time in seconds as a floating point number. The actual granularity depends on the underlying system, normally around 1 mil-
lisecond.
EXAMPLES
Example 1 Suspending Command Execution
The following example executes a command after a certain amount of time:
example% (sleep 105; command)&
Example 2 Executing a Command Every So Often
The following example executes a command every so often:
example% while true
do
command
sleep 37
done
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables that affect the execution of sleep: LANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE, LC_MES-
SAGES, and NLSPATH.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 The execution was successfully suspended for at least time seconds, or a SIGALRM signal was received (see NOTES).
>0 An error has occurred.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
/usr/bin/sleep
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Committed |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Standard |See standards(5). |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
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+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Uncommitted |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO ksh93(1), wait(1), alarm(2), sleep(3C), wait(3UCB), attributes(5), environ(5), standards(5)NOTES
If the sleep utility receives a SIGALRM signal, one of the following actions is taken:
o Terminate normally with a zero exit status.
o Effectively ignore the signal.
The sleep utility takes the standard action for all other signals.
SunOS 5.11 20 Nov 2007 sleep(1)