02-06-2006
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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
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I need to execute a shell script to do the following:
cat a file
run two back ground processes using the first two values from the file
wait till those background processes finish
run two more background processes using the next two values from the file
wait till those background... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: halo98
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2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi everyone
I'm novice at Unix programming and I hope to post this thread in the correct place.
I have the following doubts:
1 Suppose we have some processes which are B's children process and another process A which has no relation with B and its children.
Can A do wait () for a... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: Puntino
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
In one of the shell script (Where abinitio graph is called), the last line is wait ${!}. What does this wait ${!} mean ??? (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: risshanth
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Did not use 'wait' yet.
How I understand by now the wait works only for child processes, started background.
Is there any other way to watch completion of any, not related process (at least, a process, owned by the same user?)
I need to start a background process, witch will be waiting... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: alex_5161
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello, I have been trying to figure out why the wait isnt waiting for the sleep process to complete till now and have found out that since sleep runs as different process and not a child process the wait isnt waiting.
script:
cat test|while read i
do
echo $i
sleep 30 &
done
wait
ps... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: wannalearn
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have tracefile of three nodes (0 , 1 and 2 ) as follows:
+ 0.02 0 1 tcp 40 ------- 1 0.0 2.0 0 0
- 0.02 0 1 tcp 40 ------- 1 0.0 2.0 0 0
+ 0.02 2 1 tcp 40 ------- 2 2.1 0.1 0 1
- 0.02 2 1 tcp 40 ------- 2 2.1 0.1 0 1
r 0.025032 0 1 tcp 40 ------- 1 0.0 2.0 0 0
+ 0.025032 1 2 tcp 40 -------... (11 Replies)
Discussion started by: ASAADAOUI
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7. HP-UX
Hello,
On a HP-UX 10.20 server I've executed something similar to this command:
# echo 'selall;info;wait;infolog;view;done' | /usr/sbin/cstm
But it returns sometype of "argument list too long" error.
I suppose there is a way to fix it by using xargs but I can't figure it out.
Any... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: asanchez
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I am facing a strange issue,
when i call a script from my while loop in background it doesnt go in background, despite the wait i put below the whil loop it goes forward even before the process put in background is completed.
cat abc.txt | while read -u4 line
do
#if line contains #... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: mihirvora16
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Iam having a script which is used to load users and dumpfile in any given schema.Iam trying to autolog the script and have added two fucntion in it.
function init_stdout_redirect {
OUT_LOG=$1
OUT_PIPE=$(mktemp -u)
# Create the output pipe
mkfifo $OUT_PIPE
# Save stdout and... (15 Replies)
Discussion started by: Vikram_Tanwar12
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10. Windows & DOS: Issues & Discussions
Hi,
I have run into a problem to which i can't seem to find any solution, posting here is my last resort.
Problem:
I am using plink to access my router and run a few configuration commands. When in enter configurations mode, instead of sending next command plink keeps on waiting for manual... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: zaainabbas
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explain_wait_or_die
explain_wait_or_die(3) Library Functions Manual explain_wait_or_die(3)
NAME
explain_wait_or_die - wait for process to change state and report errors
SYNOPSIS
#include <libexplain/wait.h>
void explain_wait_or_die(int *status);
DESCRIPTION
The explain_wait_or_die function is used to call the wait(2) system call. On failure an explanation will be printed to stderr, obtained
from explain_wait(3), and then the process terminates by calling exit(EXIT_FAILURE).
This function is intended to be used in a fashion similar to the following example:
explain_wait_or_die(status);
status The status, exactly as to be passed to the wait(2) system call.
Returns:
This function only returns on success. On failure, prints an explanation and exits.
SEE ALSO
wait(2) wait for process to change state
explain_wait(3)
explain wait(2) errors
exit(2) terminate the calling process
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