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Old 09-20-2009
Newbie question-do I pause and exec my shell scripts?
Hi there,

I'm writing a script to restore 3 directories and 3 mysql db's every 24 hours. While writing the script, I came across the thought...

Do I need to pause between executions?

Example:

Code:
msql restore1.sql
rm -Rf path1/*
cp -Rf path1/* /restore1
chmod 777 /folder1/cache1

PAUSE?

msql restore2.sql
rm -Rf path2/*
cp -Rf path2/* /restore2
chmod 777 /folder2/cache2

PAUSE?

msql restore3.sql
rm -Rf path3/*
cp -Rf path3/* /restore3
chmod 777 /folder3/cache3

(This is not a real script of course) THANKS! Smilie
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Old 09-20-2009
no need.... unix execute each commands serially...
if u really want to pause use sleep comand like sleep 10 it pauses ur script for 6 sec..
# 3  
Old 09-20-2009
Thank you so much for the quick reply! Excellent, thanks again Smilie
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