2.05b.0(1)-release I seem to be having problems with one of the examples in the Advanced Bash Scripting Guide [1]. The script is supposed to start a specified number of processes, and when each process finishes, it sends a trap signal, which starts a new process. I think the script is correct, but it's not working as expected.
This is what is happening: The first process that finishes sends a trap signal to $$, and a new process is started (as expected). But when subsequent processes try to send the trap signal, they can't find the process. Also, seems that the "wait" command is only waiting until the first process finishes, instead of waiting for all of them to finish. Well, here is the output: $ ./multiple-processes.sh 3 Starting 8 Time:3 Starting 7 Time:1 Starting 6 Time:4 Ending 7 Starting 5 Time:4 $ Ending 8 ./multiple-processes.sh: line 37: kill: (3944) - No such process Ending 6 ./multiple-processes.sh: line 37: kill: (3944) - No such process Ending 5 ./multiple-processes.sh: line 37: kill: (3944) - No such process Please, can somebody help?! References: [1] Example 29-8. Running multiple processes (on an SMP box), http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/debugging.html#MULTIPLEPROC _______________________________________________ Bug-bash mailing list Bug-bash@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-bash
