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throughthegreens 02-17-2010 02:48 PM
break while [...] loop when a program finishes
 
I would like to start a program, then start a while loop that stops when the started program finishes, in bash. I thought I could run
Code:
(program ; stat=1) &
    while [ $stat -eq 0 ]; ... done
in a bash script

acid_kewpie 02-17-2010 03:25 PM
Code:
myprogram &
MYPID=$!
while [ -f /proc/$MYPID ]
do
  ...
done

throughthegreens 02-17-2010 05:36 PM
thanks

Valery Reznic 02-18-2010 02:22 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by acid_kewpie (Post 3867336)
Code:
myprogram &
MYPID=$!
while [ -f /proc/$MYPID ]
do
  ...
done
/proc/$MYPID is directory, so it should be '-d' instead of '-f'
Code:
while [ -d /proc/$MYPID ]
Another option is to use 'kill -0 $MYPID'

acid_kewpie 02-18-2010 04:01 AM
Duh, actually I was wondering if my logic was even worse as it's procfs not a real filesystem, so presumably -f would never work even on files in there.

Valery Reznic 02-18-2010 04:39 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by acid_kewpie (Post 3867907)
Duh, actually I was wondering if my logic was even worse as it's procfs not a real filesystem, so presumably -f would never work even on files in there.
I tried and it's looks like -f and -d work as they should on procfs too.

throughthegreens 02-18-2010 11:12 AM
i used -e


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