Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:01:36 +0200 From: Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> To: Gary Jennejohn <gary.jennejohn@freenet.de> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Jilles Tjoelker <jilles@stack.nl> Subject: Re: [patch] add pwait utility Message-ID: <20091107130136.GI2331@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> In-Reply-To: <20091107112832.24b0c0d4@ernst.jennejohn.org> References: <20091106222446.GB60707@stack.nl> <20091107112832.24b0c0d4@ernst.jennejohn.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sat, Nov 07, 2009 at 11:28:32AM +0100, Gary Jennejohn wrote: > On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 23:24:46 +0100 > Jilles Tjoelker <jilles@stack.nl> 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. > > > > Why not /bin so it can be used before /usr is mounted? And it seems to make sense to add this functionality to pkill/pgrep binary, creating another hardlink to it. [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkr1b7AACgkQC3+MBN1Mb4i2KwCgorz3J2FJYidqEmkhWnjzZI+2 BVQAoKXX0EOQMPendP9Za2GtFlr1Ap6H =6RpI -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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