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Old 10-13-2011
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Hi All,

I am new to Unix , there i am facing one problem with sleep command. that is ..
in while loop i have defined sleep function ..

my condition is like this

Code:
while [ 1 -le 0 ]  #i knew this is infinite loop
do

sleep 200
echo "hello "

done

.

this condition will never become .. true .. so.. my Question is how long this sleep condition keep on checking every 2 mints.. like .. a day or two days.
or the sleep function keep on executing ?

please any one can suggest me

Thanks
Sree
Last edited by pludi; 10-13-2011 at 09:31 AM..
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Old 10-13-2011
First, don't bump your questions just because you want a fast answer. See Rule #4 (yes, the rules are mandatory)

Second, please use Code tags when posting code listings, command lines, ...
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Old 10-13-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by mandlysreedhar
Hi All,

I am new to Unix , there i am facing one problem with sleep command. that is ..
in while loop i have defined sleep function ..

my condition is like this

Code:
while [ 1 -le 0 ]  #i knew this is infinite loop
do
 
sleep 200
echo "hello "
 
done

.

this condition will never become .. true .. so.. my Question is how long this sleep condition keep on checking every 2 mints.. like .. a day or two days.
or the sleep function keep on executing ?

please any one can suggest me

Thanks
Sree
if you already know that it is an infinite loop ,then i think it makes no sense to ask this question .you can simply execute it on your machine..
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Old 10-13-2011
Not only do I not see an infinite loop anywhere, I see no loop at all. If the condition tested is always false, there won't even be a single iteration.

Regards,
Alister
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