Re: [Hampshire] Cron script spawning too many programs?

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Author: Keith Edmunds
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To: hampshire
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Cron script spawning too many programs?
On Wed, 4 Mar 2009 21:01:36 +0000, kae@??? said:

Bugger. Missed off the $ signs:

> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> #!/bin/sh
> LOG="/usr/bin/logger -t mycronscript"
>
> cd /to/my/directory
>
> $LOG "Starting"
>
> for i in *.torrent
> do
>     $LOG "Processing $i"
>     /usr/bin/btdownloadcurses $i > /dev/null &
> done
> $LOG "Finished"
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------





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