On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 03:05:25PM -0500, Chet Ramey wrote: > On 2/11/13 1:59 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > Hi, bug-bash.
> > From a bash script, I'd like to be able to start several subtasks and > > react to any one of them completing. I don't think I can do this with > > the current bash. The `wait' function either waits on a specified subtask > > to finish, or for _all_ subtasks to finish. > > Am I mistaken about this perceived lack? If not, would it be possible > > to add this functionality into bash? > Right now, you have to build your own using a SIGCHLD trap. The next > version of bash will have `wait -n', which will wait for the next process > to change state. :-) I'll look forward to the release indeed. Thanks. > Chet -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
