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1. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers
Hi,
I have this simple c program that creates duplicate process with fork():
#include <sys/types.h>
main()
{
if (fork() == 0)
while(1);
else
while(1);
}
I tried running it in the background
gcc -o test first.c
test &
And I got this list of running process: (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: uniran
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi Team,
i am executing 3 scripts in background from 1 script and i want to send a message once the script gets completed.these scripts usually takes 1 hr to complete.
My sample script is below,
Vi abc.sh
sh /opt/data/Split_1.sh &
sh /opt/data/Split_2.sh &
sh /opt/data/Split_3.sh &
... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: raju2016
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi, i was looking for an answer for some trouble im having runing a script in the cron, thing is, that when i run it manually it works just fine. But when cron runs it, it just doenst work. I saw a reply on a similar subject, suggesting that the . .profile worked for you, but im kind of... (9 Replies)
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I'm trying to write a script to decompress a directory full of files. The decompression commands can run in the background, so that many can run at once. But I want to limit the number running at any one time, so that I don't overload the machine.
Something like this:
n=0
for i in *.gz... (15 Replies)
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5. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hi guys, I have a issue with a background process, I need to update the value of a variable in that process which is running at this time and it will be running for at least 2 days.
Any idea?
I will apreciate your help. regards.
Razziel. (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: razziel
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
I have a script which calls a child script with a parameter to be run in the background
. childscript.ksh $a &
Can any one suggest me how do i export a variable from the child script to parent script?
Note that the child script is in background
If the child script is in... (3 Replies)
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7. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
I've tried this a long time ago and was successful but could not remember how i did it. Tried ctrl+Z and then used bg %
could not figure what i did after to keep it no hangup -
not sure if used nohup -p pid, can u plz help me out if this can be done.
Any help will be appreciated. (12 Replies)
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have run one shell script in background that contains a endless while loop.
I am not able to know the status of that job .
Please provide any command to know this. I have already used "ps -aef" , "jobs" to know it , but it didn't work. I am sure the process is running as it is generating a file... (8 Replies)
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9. Solaris
I ran the Oracle 9i export command from a terminal to export out a big table using "exp andrew/password file=andrew.dmp log=andrew.log"
From the terminal I can see that the export is running as there is some output from the oracle export job. The export job is not complete yet. When i go check... (4 Replies)
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I'm trying to install a solaris 9 patch cluster and when I try to use & to run in background it won't allow me to enter in my sudo password so it fails the install and sudo auth. Does Solaris not have screen like linux? If & will work what am I doing wrong?
sudo ./install_cluster -q &
is... (3 Replies)
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