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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting event or file wait scenario Post 302285793 by Neo on Monday 9th of February 2009 04:16:24 PM
Old 02-09-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by rajesh_tns
My source system sends a dummy file on to my server on a specified path.
My work is to .. wait for the file
delete it once i find it
and start b.sh script.

am deleting the file so that i should again wait for the file to arrive tomorrow from source
Instead of using a file as a signal, why not use a signal and have one file send a signal to the other file?

For example, see this site search result:

https://www.unix.com/cfmgoogle.php?cx...sa=Search#1077

Last edited by Neo; 02-09-2009 at 05:18 PM.. Reason: added serach link
 

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NAME
purple-url-handler - Python script to handle URL with purple SYNOPSIS
purple-url-handler [-URL] DESCRIPTION
Python script to handle URL with purple. OPTIONS
Usage: purple-url-handler URL Example: purple-url-handler "xmpp:romeo@montague.net?message" ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWgnome-im-client | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface stability |Volatile | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
purple-remote(1), purple-send(1), purple-send-async(1), attributes(5) purple-url-handler Manual, http://pidgin.im/ NOTES
Updated by Lei Ju, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2006, 2007. SunOS 5.11 02 Apr 2008 purple-url-handler(1)
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