Ryan Johnson <ryanjohn <at> ece.cmu.edu> writes: > > What shell are you using? In bash, at least, the above won't work -- you > want Jobs=((Jobs+1)) > > Just to be sure, you've confirmed that the problem arises because the > if-then body runs with an empty $PID? Do the two echo commands fire? > > Ryan > >
bash the $Jobs thing works fine (surprised me actually but I went with it - I'm not a beginner programmer but I'm fairly new to BASH scripting, and this was my first attempt at doing math ). yes, the echoes fire, and the $PID is blank. that echo just says "is the process". BUT -- And I just ran it to make sure I wasn't crazy, and apparently I was because now it's working beautifully. And unless the CYGWIN gremlin changed it it's still the same code I posted. And it still adds right. Sooo - thanks. I'm crazy, it works as advertised, and all's right with the world. Yay. --woody -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
