09-29-2006
Run a job in background for infinte time
Hello All,
I would like to know if it is possible to launch a job in background for infinite time.
example:
myScript.ksh
while true
do
( echo "(`date`)"; top -U user | grep 'Memory:' ) >> log &
sleep 1800
done
and when i do myScript.ksh & my log file is just updated for the first time and never again.
but when i do myScript.ksh it works kool.
could someone suggests me pls
tnx
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DESCRIPTION
gchem3d is a small chemical viewer application, which can show several chemical file formats.
OPTIONS
The following options are accepted:
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Show application help options.
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Print all or just a group of help options. These options are not documented here. Instead see gtk-options(7) and gnome-options(7).
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SEE ALSO
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