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Subject: Re: [OT?] make bash script wait for called program to finish?
From: Thomas L Roche <tlroche AT us DOT ibm DOT com>
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Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2004 20:01:00 -0400
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Tom Roche Sunday, April 18, 2004 6:20 PM
>>> what I'd like my script to do is

>>> 0 wget

>>> 1 launch the extractor UI, which I will briefly twiddle

>>> 2 wait for the extractor to finish

>>> 3 check that the installer and images were created

>>> 4 run the installer on the images

>>> I know how to script everything but 2

Barry Buchbinder Sun, 18 Apr 2004 18:56:47 -0400
>> How about the following?
>> $ cmd /c start /wait program_being_waited_for

Thanks! I've never run windows' shell from bash, but that does the
job.

Larry Hall Sun, 18 Apr 2004 19:12:03 -0400
> Should we assume that 'wait' didn't work for you?

I didn't try that: doesn't 'wait' just wait for the given period
(arg=n)? If so, that would be at best a kludge.


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