Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 21:40:13 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: Kelly Jones <kelly.terry.jones@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Waiting for a process to die Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905312138240.25771@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <26face530905311117te38a4faya92733fbfebd9597@mail.gmail.com> References: <26face530905311117te38a4faya92733fbfebd9597@mail.gmail.com>
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> How do I wait for a specific process to die? I want to do something like: > > waitpid 1234&&(echo "done!" | Mail -s "PROC DONE" kelly.terry.jones@gmail.com) if i understand you correctly: your_program parameters & bg_process_number=$! ...something else... wait $bg_process_number echo "done!"
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