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Old 10-27-2008
remove directory x seconds after script completes
Hi guys,

I am working with a script within a Mac OS X package installer. The package installer will run the bash script once the files have been copied/installed. I have a little trouble with the last line of my script causing the package installer to crash once in a while and I have narrowed it down to the installer looking for the folder that I am deleting.

What I would like to do is to have the last line run a sleep/rm -rf combo and have it disassociate itself from the script. This way the script completes, the installer completes and then x number of seconds later the actual rm command takes place and the package installer isn't any the wiser.

Is this possible?

Thanks,
Rob
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Old 10-28-2008
Normally in UNIX you would do something like:

Code:
{ sleep 10 ; rm -rf $FILE ; } &

If that doesn't work, try replacing the {} with ().
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