Tech-Recipes - Latest Comments in A simple script that waits for a process to complete and then executes a command | Bourne shell scripting | Tech-Recipeshttp://tech-recipes.disqus.com/Cookbook of Tech TutorialsenThu, 19 Feb 2009 06:29:54 -0000Re: A simple script that waits for a process to complete and then executes a command | Bourne shell scripting | Tech-Recipeshttp://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/2275/a_simple_script_that_waits_for_a_process_to_complete_and_then_executes_a_command/#comment-6399219Very helpful... and very clear.<br>Thanks for the script...ParvathiThu, 19 Feb 2009 06:29:54 -0000Re: A simple script that waits for a process to complete and then executes a command | Bourne shell scripting | Tech-Recipeshttp://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/2275/a_simple_script_that_waits_for_a_process_to_complete_and_then_executes_a_command/#comment-4062912This is very intriguing, but I wonder why you didn't use the wait command?<br><br>$ date ; sleep 30 &<br>Sat Nov 29 12:53:58 CST 2008<br>[1] 7695<br>$ wait %1<br>$<br><br>Simple.DavidSat, 29 Nov 2008 13:56:14 -0000