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Re: use zsh/sched in a script

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From: Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>
To: zsh-users@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: use zsh/sched in a script
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:33:04 +0100
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On Wed, 9 Sep 2009 08:22:13 +0000
Baptiste Daroussin <baptiste.daroussin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi
> I'd like to know if there is a way to use a zsh/sched with in a script
> to schedule the call of a function.
> 
> I tried
> sched +60 foo
> where foo is a function of my script but it doesn't do anything,  any clue?

It doesn't work:  the list of scheduled commands is only polled on reading
from the interactive command line.  There's no obvious place to put it in a
non-interactive shell (given that the mechanism is fundamentally
synchronous).

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References:
- use zsh/sched in a script
  - From: Baptiste Daroussin

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