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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting until loop fails. Post 302353830 by jp2542a on Wednesday 16th of September 2009 10:11:11 AM
Old 09-16-2009
dots while waiting....
I took a different approach. I made two scripts. One to do the work. The other to make dots. I figure the worker script may want to do more than one thing while the dots are moving. And I minimize the load on the system...

Dots.sh script:

Code:
while [ 1 ]
do
 echo -n  "."
 sleep 1
done

The worker script:

Code:
# start the dots going
./poker.sh &
DOTS=$!

# do the work work behind the dots
/tmp/test.sh &
wait $!

# kill off the dots
kill  $DOTS
echo "done"

 

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tek4957

TEK4957(4x)															       TEK4957(4x)

NAME

       tek4957 - Tektronix 4957 input driver

SYNOPSIS

       Section "InputDevice"
	 Identifier "idevname"
	 Driver "tek4957"
	 Option "Device"   "devpath"
	 ...
       EndSection

DESCRIPTION

       tek4957 is an XFree86 input driver for the Tektronix 4957 tablet.

       The tek4957 driver functions as a pointer input device, and may be used as the X server's core pointer.

CONFIGURATION DETAILS

       Please  refer  to  XF86Config(5x)  for general configuration details and for options that can be used with all input drivers.  This section
       only covers configuration details specific to this driver.

	       Option "Device" "devpath"
		   sets the path to the special file which represents serial line where the tablet  is	plugged,  for  example	/dev/ttyS0.   This
		   option is mandatory.

	       Option "DeviceName" "name"
		   sets the name of the X device.

	       Option "Speed" "number"
		   sets the sampling rate, from 1 to 6.  Default is 6, maximum speed.

	       Option "Resolution" "number"
		   sets the resolution.
		       0 : 2340 dots  : 1/200 inch
		       1 : 2972 dots  : 1/10 mm
		       2 : 11700 dots : 1/1000 inch
		       3 : 11887 dots : 1/40 mm
		       4 : 5850 dots  : 1/500 inch
		       5 : 5944 dots  : 1/20 mm : default
		       6 : 4680 dots  : 1/400 inch
		       7 : 1170 dots  : 1/100 inch
		       8 : 12 dots    : 1 inch
		       9 : 24 dots    : 1/2 inch

	       Option "TopX" "number"
		   X coordinate of the top corner of the active zone. ( Default = 0 )

	       Option "TopY" "number"
		   Y coordinate of the top corner of the active zone. ( Default = 0 )

	       Option "BottomX" "Inumber"
		   X coordinate of the bottom corner of the active zone. ( Default = full scale )

	       Option "BottomY" "number"
		   Y coordinate of the bottom corner of the active zone. ( Default = full scale )

BUGS 
/ LIMITATIONS
       Currently, only "Absolute" mode is supported ( Sorry )

SEE ALSO

       XFree86(1), XF86Config(5x), xf86config(1), Xserver(1), X(7x).

AUTHORS

       Olivier DANET <odanet@caramail.com>

XFree86 						       Version Version 4.3.0						       TEK4957(4x)
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