Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 21:19:54 +0100 From: Jilles Tjoelker <jilles@stack.nl> To: Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [patch] add pwait utility Message-ID: <20091107201954.GA84099@stack.nl> In-Reply-To: <20091107130136.GI2331@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> References: <20091106222446.GB60707@stack.nl> <20091107112832.24b0c0d4@ernst.jennejohn.org> <20091107130136.GI2331@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua>
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On Sat, Nov 07, 2009 at 03:01:36PM +0200, Kostik Belousov wrote: > 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. Hmm, pwait's syntax is incompatible: it takes pids (pkill says: use kill) and the -v option does something totally different. -- Jilles Tjoelker
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