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Old 04-13-2006
stopping a script

i want to stop a script from running after one minute, using the sleep command, and then kill the process. anyhelp with this.
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Old 04-13-2006
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Old 04-13-2006
coooool. that link helped out. sorry i don't really use forums that much. i'll do some searching more before i post........thanks for helping.
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