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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
I am running a bash script to do an rsync back on a computer running MacOS High Sierra. This is the script I am using,
#!/bin/bash
# main backup location, trailing slash included
backup_loc="/Volumes/Archive_Volume/00_macos_backup/"
# generic backup function
function backup {... (12 Replies)
Discussion started by: LMHmedchem
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi
Could someone offer some help on this problem I've got with running a background process.
As part of a script that does a stop/start/status for a piece of software called SAS, the following extract is from part of the start step.
My issue is that when the script is run, the control... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: GavP
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi, below is my master script wihch inturn runs 2 scripts in background
#master_script.sh
./subscript1.sh &
./subscript2.sh &
executed the master_script.sh from unix command prompt
$ ./master_script.sh
it is executing the subscripts and they are completing fine, however master_script.sh is... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: JSKOBS
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi, I have written a script that allows me to repetitively play a music file $N times, which is specified through user input. However, if I want to exit the script before it has finished looping $N times, if I use CTRL+c, I have to CTRL+c however many times are left in order to complete the loop.... (9 Replies)
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all, i hava a specific backgroud process. I have de PID of this process. At some time, the process finish his job, is there any way to catch the exit code? I use "echo $?" normally for commands.
Thanks! (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: Xedrox
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
I have a scenario where I am executing some child shell scripts in background (using &)through a master parent script.
Is there a way I can capture the exit status of each individual child script after the execution is completed. (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: paragkalra
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have the following sample script to run a script the jobs with the same
priority(in this case field3) in parallel; wait for the jobs to finish
and run the next set of jobs in parallel.When all the lines are read
exit the script.
I have the following script which is doing evrything I want... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: hyennah
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
In my last job someone gave me the command to put in my .profile that let me know when a job I had running in the background finished. It was a word about 5 char long. I can't remember it! (4 Replies)
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have a sript which is going to trigger other 3 scripts in background simultaneously
for eg:
Main Script:(main.sh)
-----------
sh a.sh &
sh b.sh &
sh c.sh &
How to catch the exit status and store it in a variable for all those three scripts in main script. Is there any other way of... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: Omkumar
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