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Diffstat (limited to 'src/core/libs/lib-misc.sh')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/core/libs/lib-misc.sh | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/core/libs/lib-misc.sh b/src/core/libs/lib-misc.sh index 327a4c5..0b77d93 100644 --- a/src/core/libs/lib-misc.sh +++ b/src/core/libs/lib-misc.sh @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ # run a process in the background, and log it's stdout and stderr to a specific logfile # returncode is stored in $<identifier>_exitcode +# pid of the backgrounded wrapper process is stored in BACKGROUND_PID (this is _not_ the pid of $2) # $1 identifier -> WARNING: do never ever use -'s or other fancy characters here. only numbers, letters and _ please. (because $<identifier>_exitcode must be a valid bash variable!) # $2 command (will be eval'ed) # $3 logfile @@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ run_background () echo >> $3 rm -f $RUNTIME_DIR/aif-$1-running ) & + BACKGROUND_PID=$! sleep 2 } @@ -38,11 +40,10 @@ wait_for () while [ -f $RUNTIME_DIR/aif-$1-running ] do - #TODO: follow_progress dialog mode = nonblocking (so check and sleep is good), cli mode (tail -f )= blocking? (so check is probably not needed as it will be done) sleep 1 done - kill $(cat $ANSWER) #TODO: this may not work when mode = cli + kill $(cat $ANSWER) #TODO: this may not work when mode = cli (<--i wrote this before i used tail -f --pid. i don't remember what i meant with it). TODO: huh?? ANSWER? } |