On Thursday 20 May 2010, you wrote:
> Bash coprocesses and the "wait" built-in:
>
> $ coproc FIREFOX (firefox)
> [1] 32413
> $ echo $FIREFOX_PID
> 32413
> $ echo ${FIREFOX[0]}
> 63
> $ echo ${FIREFOX[1]}
> 60
> $ wait $FIREFOX_PID && echo Good || echo No good
>
> Nothing happens until you exit Firefox ...
>
> [1]+ Done coproc FIREFOX ( firefox )
> Good
>
> I haven't tried hooking up to the stdin and stdout of a coprocess yes,
> but that's what the FIREFOX[0] and [1] file descriptors are for,
> apparently. See man bash.
>
> Douglas.
>
This thread seems to have a solution;
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/linux-programming-scripting/72247-capture-exit-status-pid-bash.html
Cheers Ross Drummond
