-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 According to Steve Newcomb on 12/30/2009 7:29 PM: > r...@zorba:/home/srn# /tmp/z.sh > here we are! > pidOfBackgroundProcess=20944 > /tmp/z.sh: line 10: wait: pid 20944 is not a child of this shell > > (But, of course, pid 20944 *was* in fact a child of this shell.)
Actually, by using &, you have run wait in a subshell, and 20944 was NOT a child of the subshell. I don't know if there is anything that can be done to clarify the error message, though. - -- Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! Eric Blake e...@byu.net -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAks8LQcACgkQ84KuGfSFAYDYPQCcCRiBsTn3s6H4ceyNtVDFus+E 9qgAoLnXs8c+FjUrOoX60dN1atTt0fAT =ufcf -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
