> > I don't happen to have random installed on my system, however jot is > > It's in /usr/games/random of FreeBSD 4.8. > > > Won't randomNumber=$? Just return 0 if the previous command > completes > > successfully? > > Shouldn't it be: > > randomNumber=`random -e 60` > > No. In 'man 6 random', it says: > > random [-er] [-f filename] [denominator] > > -e If the -e option is specified, random does not > read or write any- > thing, and simply exits with a random exit value of 0 to > denominator - 1, inclusive. > > So you must capture its exit value for the random number :).
Good enough! Thanks for the info! :) _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
