dash/ci/retry/README.md

retry - The command line retry tool
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Retry any shell command with exponential backoff or constant delay.

### Instructions

Install:

retry is a shell script, so drop it somewhere and make sure it's added to your $PATH. Or you can use the following one-liner:

```sh
sudo sh -c "curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kadwanev/retry/master/retry -o /usr/local/bin/retry && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/retry"
```

If you're on OS X, retry is also on Homebrew:

```
brew pull 27283
brew install retry
```
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### Usage

Help:

`retry -?`

    Usage: retry [options] -- execute command
        -h, -?, --help
        -v, --verbose                    Verbose output
        -t, --tries=#                    Set max retries: Default 10
        -s, --sleep=secs                 Constant sleep amount (seconds)
        -m, --min=secs                   Exponential Backoff: minimum sleep amount (seconds): Default 0.3
        -x, --max=secs                   Exponential Backoff: maximum sleep amount (seconds): Default 60
        -f, --fail="script +cmds"        Fail Script: run in case of final failure

### Examples

No problem:

`retry echo u work good`

    u work good

Test functionality:

`retry 'echo "y u no work"; false'`

    y u no work
    Before retry #1: sleeping 0.3 seconds
    y u no work
    Before retry #2: sleeping 0.6 seconds
    y u no work
    Before retry #3: sleeping 1.2 seconds
    y u no work
    Before retry #4: sleeping 2.4 seconds
    y u no work
    Before retry #5: sleeping 4.8 seconds
    y u no work
    Before retry #6: sleeping 9.6 seconds
    y u no work
    Before retry #7: sleeping 19.2 seconds
    y u no work
    Before retry #8: sleeping 38.4 seconds
    y u no work
    Before retry #9: sleeping 60.0 seconds
    y u no work
    Before retry #10: sleeping 60.0 seconds
    y u no work
    etc..

Limit retries:

`retry -t 4 'echo "y u no work"; false'`

    y u no work
    Before retry #1: sleeping 0.3 seconds
    y u no work
    Before retry #2: sleeping 0.6 seconds
    y u no work
    Before retry #3: sleeping 1.2 seconds
    y u no work
    Before retry #4: sleeping 2.4 seconds
    y u no work
    Retries exhausted

Bad command:

`retry poop`

    bash: poop: command not found

Fail command:

`retry -t 3 -f 'echo "oh poopsickles"' 'echo "y u no work"; false'`

    y u no work
    Before retry #1: sleeping 0.3 seconds
    y u no work
    Before retry #2: sleeping 0.6 seconds
    y u no work
    Before retry #3: sleeping 1.2 seconds
    y u no work
    Retries exhausted, running fail script
    oh poopsickles

Last attempt passed:

`retry -t 3 -- 'if [ $RETRY_ATTEMPT -eq 3 ]; then echo Passed at attempt $RETRY_ATTEMPT; true; else echo Failed at attempt $RETRY_ATTEMPT; false; fi;'`

    Failed at attempt 0
    Before retry #1: sleeping 0.3 seconds
    Failed at attempt 1
    Before retry #2: sleeping 0.6 seconds
    Failed at attempt 2
    Before retry #3: sleeping 1.2 seconds
    Passed at attempt 3

### License

Apache 2.0 - go nuts