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[leafnode-list] Re: [PATCH] Random initial delay for fetchnews



On Thu, Jul 20 2006, Samuel Tardieu wrote:

> I've added a "-i seconds" option to fetchnews, which waits for up-to
> "seconds" seconds before trying to connect to upstream servers. Now,
> my crontab entry reads:
>
>   */5 * * * * /usr/sbin/fetchnews -i 60
>
> which adds a random initial delay between 0 and 60 seconds.

What's wrong with the following crontab entry?

| */5 * * * * sleep $(($RANDOM % 60)); /usr/sbin/fetchnews

BTW, I think fetching so often is not very friendly, but of course
your provider may allow it.

Bye, Reiner.
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