Re: Capturing PID of Shell Calls

2004-10-11 Thread Bill Jones
--- Jamie Bridges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am attempting to collect the PIDs of system/backtick calls ( up to > 40 of > them ) and revisit them to ensure that they completed. The frontend > interface is CGI but in this case that part is working fine. I > cannot, > however, find anythin

RE: Capturing PID of Shell Calls

2004-10-11 Thread Bob Showalter
Jamie Bridges wrote: > I am attempting to collect the PIDs of system/backtick calls ( up to > 40 of them ) and revisit them to ensure that they completed. Both system() and backticks call wait() internally, so they don't return until the child process terminates. If you want to start a process an

Capturing PID of Shell Calls

2004-10-11 Thread Jamie Bridges
I wonder if anyone has run into this issue before. I am attempting to collect the PIDs of system/backtick calls ( up to 40 of them ) and revisit them to ensure that they completed. The frontend interface is CGI but in this case that part is working fine. I cannot, however, find anything in my