On 7/10/22 05:55, fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote:
> I'm just flapping my gums
> As a systems administrator for UNIX systems I wrote more than a few
scripts
> Many time I found it necessary to put a sleep between operations
+1
The hard part is deciding what the NUMBER argument should be. :-/
> Several decades ago I was taught to type sync and then type sync
again before unmounting a drive
> The only reason I ever got was that the second sync was a time delay
That is an interesting technique. I sometimes type sync(1) twice when I
am distracted with several irons in the fire and/or when the system is
making me worried, but it is not my standard practice.
Any potential gotchas?
David
