On May 16 15:10:48, fischer+o...@lavielle.com wrote:
> The sh(1) manage does not mention the RANDOM variable.
But it mentions that sh(1) is ksh(1)
This version of sh is actually ksh in disguise.
$ ls -li /bin/*sh
and the ksh(1) manpage documents RANDOM.
> OTOH using RANDOM in a crontab(5), which has the SHELL=/bin/sh line,
> does not seem to work.
How exactly are you using RANDOM in a crontab,
and how exactly does it not work? Anyway:
man 5 crontab:
A random value for a field may be obtained using the ‘~’ character.
A value is generated every time the tab is loaded. On its own,
it denotes a random value appropriate for the field.
So use that instead: it knows the semantics.
Jan
