Re: [Pan-users] Command line use; download of nzb files does not stop

2011-11-03 Thread Duncan
Ron Johnson posted on Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:28:23 -0500 as excerpted: > On 11/03/2011 05:47 PM, Duncan wrote: >> Ron Johnson posted on Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:34:09 -0500 as excerpted: >> >>> Anyway... "Task Manager" (Real Men run top(1) in a separate window...) >>> just reports what the kernel tells it

Re: [Pan-users] Command line use; download of nzb files does not stop

2011-11-03 Thread Ron Johnson
On 11/03/2011 05:47 PM, Duncan wrote: Ron Johnson posted on Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:34:09 -0500 as excerpted: Anyway... "Task Manager" (Real Men run top(1) in a separate window...) just reports what the kernel tells it. I parsed his "task manager" reference as to pan's TM, not the one in his DE,

Re: [Pan-users] Command line use; download of nzb files does not stop

2011-11-03 Thread Duncan
Ron Johnson posted on Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:34:09 -0500 as excerpted: > Anyway... "Task Manager" (Real Men run top(1) in a separate window...) > just reports what the kernel tells it. I parsed his "task manager" reference as to pan's TM, not the one in his DE, corresponding to top, etc. Meanwhile

Re: [Pan-users] Command line use; download of nzb files does not stop

2011-11-03 Thread Ron Johnson
I've used "pan --no-gui --nzb ${FOO}.nzb -o ." on *many* occasions and it always returns to the $ prompt when d/l is complete. Using v0.135. If you want something to run only if a process errors out, then use "||". For example: $ pan --no-gui --nzb ${FOO}.nzb -o . || dem Anyway... "Task

Re: [Pan-users] Command line use; download of nzb files does not stop

2011-11-03 Thread Duncan
Graham Lawrence posted on Thu, 03 Nov 2011 08:17:44 -0700 as excerpted: > Duncan, thank you for pointing out that && is a conditional test. I had > understood && simply as "wait until previous instruction completes > before proceeding", because that is the question I sought to answer when > I fir

Re: [Pan-users] Command line use; download of nzb files does not stop

2011-11-03 Thread Graham Lawrence
Duncan, thank you for pointing out that && is a conditional test. I had understood && simply as "wait until previous instruction completes before proceeding", because that is the question I sought to answer when I first came across it via google; hence my seemingly contradictory logic. If pan fai