On 9. apr. 2014, at 14.04, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, Apr 09, 2014 at 12:43:40PM +0200, Håkon Bugge wrote: >> This script never terminates: >> -------------------------------------------------- >> #!/bin/bash >> >> for P in `seq 5`; do >> sleep 1& >> done >> >> while true; do >> usleep 20000 >> set foo `jobs -p` >> LEFT=$# >> LEFT=$[LEFT-1] >> echo $LEFT jobs left >> if [ x$LEFT = x0 ]; then >> break >> fi >> done > >> Pasting the same commands in an interactive shell, its works. > > Interactive shells enable job control (monitor mode), whereas > noninteractive shells (scripts) do not. If you want to use job control > commands (like "jobs") within a script, you must enable monitor mode > (set -m, or set -o monitor, or #!/bin/bash -m).
That is not the issue. Try it out. Håkon
