The parent application can set up standard output of the shell script to be the write end of a pipe that the parent can use to read status from the child.
The parent can create a named pipe (or regular file) and pass the name of that file to the shell script as an operand. The child can then write status to that file and the parent can read status from that file.
The parent can set up a signal catching function for a signal and pass its process ID to the child shell script. The child can then use:
to notify the parent that some milestone has been reached.
Use your imagination... There are lots of ways for one process to talk to another process.
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I am trying to write a signal handler into a ksh shell script. I would like to capture the SIGTERM, SIGINT, and the SIGTSTP signals, print out a message to the terminal, and continue executing the script. I have found a way to block the signals:
#! /bin/ksh
SIGTERM=15
SIGINT=2... (2 Replies)
Helo,
I want to write shell script which takes back of all binaries (exe files).
and when i uninstall the upgraded system which automatically restore the old binary which we have take as back up.
can u tell me how to write such shell scripts.
Regards,
Amit (5 Replies)
I need to write a c program that uses the fork and excel system calls to run the shell script mode invoked like this: "./mode 644 ls -l" (that is the argumetns will always be 644 ls -l)
here's the mode script:
#!/bin/sh
octal="$1"
shift
find . -maxdepth 1 -perm $octal -exec $@ {} \;
... (3 Replies)
Hi ,
I do have a shell which test the connectivity using ssh, soon after the login it should use the keys Ctrl + z or Ctrl + c to exit from login promt. So how do i need to implement these . (3 Replies)
Hi ,
i have a scenario where...i have to put a check where if script is executing more than 15mins i have to kill that script and n retry again 2nd time.
i this case i can use background process to do it but i feel trap will be the efficent way to do so...
but i dont know much about it... (1 Reply)
When command is executed by forking, the console displays the status of that command. I want to suppress it.. how to do it ?
Example:
var1=`date` &
echo "hello world";
output:
hello world
+ Done var1=`date`
I want to suppress the second line "+ Done var1=`date`".
I... (10 Replies)
Hi, I'm writing a shell script where I want to call fork(). However I wrote like this "var=fork()" in c style and got this error:
"syntax error near unexpected token `(' "
How could I call fork() in shell script? Thanks in advance.
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Hi, I'm writing a shell script where I want to call fork(). However I wrote like this "var=fork()" in c style and got this error:
"syntax error near unexpected token `(' "
How could I call fork() in shell script? Thanks in advance. (2 Replies)
Hi All,
I have a shell script(test_abc.sh) with the following shell commands, which are invoking the same shell script with different parameters.
test_abc.sh
. ./test.sh abc >> test.log
. ./test.sh xyz >> test.log
. ./test.sh pys >> test.log
. ./test.sh abc >> test.log
.
.
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pthread_atfork
pthread_atfork(3T)pthread_atfork(3T)NAME
pthread_atfork() - register fork handlers.
SYNOPSIS PARAMETERS
prepare This function is called before performing the
parent This function is called in the parent process after performing the
child This function is called in the child process after performing the
DESCRIPTION
The function allows an application to install fork handlers. These fork handlers will be called before and after a operation. These han-
dlers will be called in the context of the thread calling Similar to the handlers, the application does not need to do anything special for
these fork handlers to be called. They will be invoked by the system when a operation occurs.
The function is called before the operation in the parent process. The function is called after the operation in the parent process. The
function is called after the operation in the child process.
If a fork handler is not needed in one or more of these three places, the appropriate fork handler parameter may be set to NULL.
A process may install multiple fork handling functions. The and fork handlers will be called in the order in which they were installed
(i.e., The fork handlers will be called in the opposite order (i.e.,
RETURN VALUE
Upon successful completion, returns zero. Otherwise, an error number is returned to indicate the error (the variable is not set).
ERRORS
If any of the following occur, the function returns the corresponding error number:
[ENOMEM] There is insufficient table space to install the fork handlers.
AUTHOR
was derived from the IEEE POSIX P1003.1c standard.
SEE ALSO fork(2), atexit(3).
STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
Pthread Library pthread_atfork(3T)