How to know a executable has finished his task - Shell Programming and Scripting

electroon · #1 01-03-2008

Hi frnds,

I want to know is there a way by which we can know that a C++ executable has finished its job in shell script.

My task is as follows:

1.Shell script calls a executable

2.Executable executes and performs its job of generating some reports.

Now i want my shell script to detect this that is C++ executable has completed its job so that shell script can send the reports as attachement.

Please help me urgently on this

srage · #2 01-03-2008

Perform a simple

ps -aef |grep [process name] |grep -v grep

If it doesn't return any data, process is finished.

porter · #3 01-03-2008

What is the difference between this and How to check succeesfull finish of a executable from the sheel script?

electroon · #4 01-03-2008

Wat this done means

vino · #5 01-03-2008

Duplicate thread. That is against the rules. Use How to check succeesfull finish of a executable from the sheel script

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