LinuxQuestions.org
Visit Jeremy's Blog.
Home Forums Tutorials Articles Register
Go Back   LinuxQuestions.org > Blogs
Reload this Page linux-related notes
User Name
Password

Notices


Just annotations of little "how to's", so I know I can find how to do something I've already done when I need to do it again, in case I don't remember anymore, which is not unlikely. Hopefully they can be useful to others, but I can't guarantee that it will work, or that it won't even make things worse.
Old

"Wait until a process ends, a download ends, or a file conversion ends, then do X"

Posted 08-30-2011 at 03:06 PM by the dsc (linux-related notes)
Updated 08-30-2011 at 09:41 PM by the dsc (a small improvement)
Sometimes you want the computer to shut down after you've finished downloading something or converting some large file into some other format, but you want to go out or go to sleep instead of waiting and checking for it yourself.

For these situations I've come up with two tiny scripts. The first one waits until a file hasn't changed its size on three consecutive intervals of twenty seconds:

Code:
a=0 ; file="$1" ; if [ -f "$file.part" ] ; then file="$file.part"
...
Continue reading...
Member
Posted in Uncategorized
Views 1726 Comments 0 the dsc is offline

  



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 10:14 PM.

Contact Us - Advertising Info - Rules - Privacy - LQ Merchandise - Donations - Contributing Member - LQ Sitemap -
Main Menu
Advertisement
Advertisement
My LQ
Write for LQ
LinuxQuestions.org is looking for people interested in writing Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute content, let us know.
Main Menu
Syndicate
RSS1  Latest Threads
RSS1  LQ News
Twitter: @linuxquestions
Open Source Consulting | Domain Registration