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#! /bin/ksh
# This script is called from cron

typeset -i iPID=0

script1 &

iPID=$( ps -fe |\
        grep "script1" |\
        grep -v grep |\
        sed 's/<space><space>*/<space>/g' |\
        cut -d' ' -f2
      )

while : ; do
     if [ -n $( ps -fe  | grep "$iPID" | grep -v grep ) ] ; then
          sleep 5
     else
          print - "Job $iPID has terminated."
          exit 0
     fi
done