.Dd July 06, 2011
.Dt RANDSLEEP 1
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm randsleep
.Nd Execute program after sleeping for a random time
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
.Ar time command args ...
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.Sh VERSION
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This manual documents
.Nm
version 0.0
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm
executes
.Ar command
after sleeping for up to
.Ar time
seconds.
It is intended for use in cronjobs and similar.
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.Sh RATIONALE
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.Qq sleep $(( RANDOM % 120 )); do_stuff
and similar constructs are frequently used in crontab entries to decrease load
spikes when several entries are executed at the same time.
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.Pp
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However, in certain shells
.Pq such as Cm dash
.Ev $RANDOM
may not be available.
This leads to workarounds involving, for
example, /dev/urandom and cksum.  Since repeating the same workarounds over
and over seems somewhat pointless, this tool was created.
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.Sh AUTHOR
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Copyright (C) 2011 Daniel Friesel
.Aq derf@finalrewind.org .
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.Sh LICENSE
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You just DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO.