On Wed, 08 Nov 2006 12:00:34 +0100 nicky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The whole idea is this. I have to extract two different databases to csv > files. One takes about an 1 hour, the other 1.5 hours. The problem is my > time window, which is 2 hours. So extracting one after the other is not > an option. After both extractions are complete, it should load the csv > files into a target database.
Andrew has a point - I think you are going the *very* hard way around... an easier way , i think, may be : dump1.sh : handles extraction of first DB. Checks its own return status AND write to a tmp file flagging success or failure (i dont know, dump1.ok or dump1.bad... or different content which you can cat / grep for...) dump2.sh : same as dump1, with obvious differences. loader.sh : loops, check for both .ok flags , wait if not there yet and handle as it should. Launch a term, run screen (if running on a remote server..this would be a must, i think...) , launch dump1.sh, then from another session, dump2.sh . Or use cron if you dont like screen. and , of course, launch loop.sh to monitor them both... may have more components...but it's far easier to get it right, IMHO _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome "He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts ... for support rather than illumination." Andrew Lang (1844-1912) I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"