Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 21:14:44 -0500 (CDT) From: "Lee Crites (AEI)" <leec@adam.adonai.net> To: Studded <Studded@dal.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Possible cron bug Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970811210952.8175A-100000@adam.adonai.net> In-Reply-To: <199708112231.PAA19729@mail.san.rr.com>
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On Mon, 11 Aug 1997, Studded wrote:
=>#!/bin/sh
=>
=>/bin/ps -ax | /usr/bin/grep [a]djkerntz
=>
=>if [ $? != 0 ]; then
=> /sbin/adjkerntz -i &
^^^
=>fi
=>
=>exit
Add the "&" as I put above. What is happening is the cron job itself is
hanging around until adjkerntz exits. Telling it to execute in the
background (via the '&') allows the shell script to complete, thus
making the two (not really) zombie tasks also go away.
You could also use the -c option to grep, like this:
#!/bin/csh -f
if ( "`/bin/ps -ax | /usr/bin/grep -c [a]djkerntz`" == "0") then
/sbin/adjkerntz -i &
endif
I personally like the count option better, but everyone has his/her own
quirks...
Lee
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