Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:28:54 +0700 From: Eugene Grosbein <eugen@eg.sd.rdtc.ru> To: Jilles Tjoelker <jilles@stack.nl> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [patch] add pwait utility Message-ID: <20091107072854.GC14078@rdtc.ru> In-Reply-To: <20091106222446.GB60707@stack.nl> References: <20091106222446.GB60707@stack.nl>
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On Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 11:24:46PM +0100, Jilles Tjoelker wrote: > I propose adding a small new utility to /usr/bin: pwait. Similar to the > Solaris utility of the same name, it waits for any process to terminate. > Some use cases I have in mind: > > * rc.subr's wait_for_pids. This is a cleaner and more efficient fix for > PR conf/132766. In the rare case that /usr is not available, the old > sleep(1) method can be used. > * interactive use, e.g. to shut down the computer when some task is done > even if the task is already running I've always missed such command exactly for later case :-) Vote for it. Eugene Grosbein
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