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Old 09-04-2007
how to achieve following parallel processing thru unix
hey......
i hav the follwing scripts needs to run parallel, so i made it as follows,
$HPath/start_script.sh 20 &
$HPath/start_script.sh 03 &
$HPath/start_script.sh 01 &
$HPath/start_script.sh 12 &

then once all these above got completed successfully i have to run

$HPath/Chklog.sh $Country_Code

Problem is , since above 4 jobs are running in BG , my checklog will initiate as soon as 4 jobs ran in BG.....but i want to make pause the checklog unless until all the BG jobs completed successfully, how to achieve this....
# 2  
Old 09-04-2007
use the wait command. Also, check this thread
Last edited by Yogesh Sawant; 09-04-2007 at 08:27 AM.. Reason: added the link
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Old 09-04-2007
Hey Yogesh,

So really wait will "wait" for those 4 BG processes to complete , then will invoke check log.......
# 4  
Old 09-04-2007
So if i will change the way of calling the script as follows, will my objective met,

$HPath/start_script.sh 20 &
$HPath/start_script.sh 03 &
$HPath/start_script.sh 01 &
$HPath/start_script.sh 12 &

wait

$HPath/Chklog.sh $Country_Code

kindly confirm .....
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