>for i in file >do > md5sum $i & >done But "md5sum -c" processes its own file list, and returns a status comprising all elements. Yes, it could be done in a complicated shell script, but I figured it would be easier and more generally usable if in C.
>But then you have those same problems with an >internally forking version. Writes no problem, the parent would be doing all user I/O. The order of checking could be a little different than a single-threaded version, but that should surprise no one. >On a semi-related note, it would be really nice if shells had some kind of >"jobs -w 0" option to wait until there are 0 background jobs running. They do: "wait" -- Jim _______________________________________________ busybox mailing list [email protected] http://lists.busybox.net/mailman/listinfo/busybox
