05-25-2012
how to run a script in back ground within a script
Hi friends,
i have two scripts(call it bg1.ksh and bg2.ksh) which needs to be run parallely on background from a script(call it test1.ksh).then i have to wait till these two back ground job gets finished. and once it is completed , then i have to trigger one more script(call it test2.ksh) within test1.ksh. could you please guide me how to do it?
note: i am working in korn shell(ksh88)
please help. thanks in advance.
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suspend
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NAME
suspend - shell built-in function to halt the current shell
SYNOPSIS
sh
suspend
csh
suspend
ksh
suspend
DESCRIPTION
sh
Stops the execution of the current shell (but not if it is the login shell).
csh
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+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
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SEE ALSO
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