PS command doesnot display shellscript runningi - UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

mpauls · #1 09-10-2005

PS command doesnot display shellscript runningi have written a small shel script to check for
idsk space and log it to a file evry 300s.this so this
run is a loop.
But i want to start stop this script from another script
using ps -ef grep
but ps -ef is not displaying the script in output, if i type 'ps -ef <scriptname>'
it intead says .sh which i cant used to kill the process

RTM · #2 09-14-2005

If you are starting / stopping a script from another, then you should be able to use parent and child pid's to check. Take a look at this post

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