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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Pause shell script till folder doesn't change size anymore Post 302536436 by tukuyomi on Tuesday 5th of July 2011 11:20:43 AM
Old 07-05-2011
DIR='/var/mobile/Media/My Music/' will do.

You can write this script in a new script, of course:
(Call it for this example "pause.sh")
Code:
#!/bin/sh

get_size(){ du -s "$1" 2>/dev/null | awk '$0=$1';sleep 5;}

dir_size=$(get_size "$1")
while [ "$(get_size "$1")" -ne "$dir_size" ]; do
	echo 'Size has changed. Pausing 5 more seconds'
	dir_size=$(get_size "$1")
done

echo 'Size has not changed since the last 5 seconds.'

return 0

In your script, do the following:
Code:
#!/bin/sh

DIR=~/'unix.com'

echo "Do stuff"

./pause.sh "$DIR"

echo "Do other stuff"

exit 0

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GRUB-INSTALL(8) 							FSF							   GRUB-INSTALL(8)

NAME

       grub-install - install GRUB on your drive

SYNOPSIS

       grub-install [OPTION] install_device

DESCRIPTION

       Install GRUB on your drive.

       -h, --help
	      print this message and exit

       -v, --version
	      print the version information and exit

       --root-directory=DIR
	      install GRUB images under the directory DIR instead of the root directory

       --grub-shell=FILE
	      use FILE as the grub shell

       --no-floppy
	      do not probe any floppy drive

       --force-lba
	      force GRUB to use LBA mode even for a buggy BIOS

       --recheck
	      probe a device map even if it already exists

       INSTALL_DEVICE can be a GRUB device name or a system device filename.

       grub-install  copies GRUB images into the DIR/boot directory specfied by --root-directory, and uses the grub shell to install grub into the
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