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# 1  
Old 05-02-2009
Conditional execution and parallel jobs
how can i process jobs parallel with conditions below.

Script1.ksh
Script2.ksh
Script3.ksh
Script4.ksh
Script5.ksh
Script6.ksh
Script7.ksh
Script8.ksh
Script9.ksh
Script10.ksh


After successful completion of Script1.ksh I need to run Script7.ksh.
After successful completion of Script7.ksh I need to run Script8,9,10...
Script2,3,4,5,6 should run parallel and has no conditions..
# 2  
Old 05-02-2009
you can use wait PID( for the last background job) to wait for its successful completion of the last background job and then run the next job.

cheers,
Devaraj Takhellambam
# 3  
Old 05-02-2009
Thanks for your reply.
If jobs run through cron how do we handle this Situation?
# 4  
Old 05-03-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by ford2020
Thanks for your reply.
If jobs run through cron how do we handle this Situation?
You may need to program to capture the PID of the last run script
something like

Code:
pid=`ps -ef  | grep "lastscriptname"| awk '{print $2}'`


cheers,
Devaraj Takhellambam
# 5  
Old 05-03-2009
man wait
Code:
/../Script1.ksh
wait $?
...

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