On Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 11:24:46PM +0100, Jilles Tjoelker wrote: > I propose adding a small new utility to /usr/bin: pwait. Similar to the > Solaris utility of the same name, it waits for any process to terminate. > Some use cases I have in mind: > > * rc.subr's wait_for_pids. This is a cleaner and more efficient fix for > PR conf/132766. In the rare case that /usr is not available, the old > sleep(1) method can be used. > * interactive use, e.g. to shut down the computer when some task is done > even if the task is already running
I've always missed such command exactly for later case :-) Vote for it. Eugene Grosbein _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
