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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I am using net::ftp for transferring files now i am trying in the same Linux server as a result ftp is very fast but if the server is other location (remote) then the file transferred will be time consuming.
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What I need to learn is how to use a script that launches background processes, and then kills those processes as needed.
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
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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 %
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
This has probably been answered in other forms, however I would like to confirm this statement before I use it in production. Will this syntax work for a background process?
echo "nohup server_process1 >/dir1/nohup.server_process1 2>&1 &" | ksh
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello all,
How do I start a background process and save the process id to a file on my system. For example %wait 5 & will execute and print the process id. I can't figure out how to get it to a file. I've tried: > filename 0>filename 1>filename.
Any assistance is most appreciated.
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shell(1F) FMLI Commands shell(1F)
NAME
shell - run a command using shell
SYNOPSIS
shell command [command] ...
DESCRIPTION
The shell function concatenate its arguments, separating each by a space, and passes this string to the shell ($SHELL if set, otherwise
/usr/bin/sh).
EXAMPLES
Example 1: A sample output of shell command.
Since the Form and Menu Language does not directly support background processing, the shell function can be used instead.
`shell "build prog > /dev/null &"`
If you want the user to continue to be able to interact with the application while the background job is running, the output of an exe-
cutable run by shell in the background must be redirected: to a file if you want to save the output, or to /dev/null if you don't want to
save it (or if there is no output), otherwise your application may appear to be hung until the background job finishes processing.
shell can also be used to execute a command that has the same name as an FMLI built-in function.
NOTES
The arguments to shell will be concatenate using spaces, which may or may not do what is expected. The variables set in local environments
will not be expanded by the shell because "local" means "local to the current process."
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
sh(1), attributes(5)
SunOS 5.10 5 Jul 1990 shell(1F)