You might try something like this:
( sleep 15 ; exec fetchmail ) &
On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 06:09:05PM +0200, Timeboy wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> I like to write a litte shell script that first makes a connection to my ISP
> and then runs fetchmail. This is no problem for me. But cause it takes some
> seconds till the connection to ISP is done, the script needs to wait for 5 or
> 10 seconds bevore it runs fetchmail. How can i do this waiting with a bash
> kommand?
>
> Timo
>
>
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