I have had problems with fork_jtask_ also. I have started using ShellExecute for tasks that I want to run asynchronously.
David Mitchell On 4/7/2011 9:41, Devon McCormick wrote: > Hi - > > I had a similar problem with "fork" a couple of months ago but it seems to > have gone away (in Windows). > > I have noticed other oddities with fork since then, like a forked process > sends some of its input back to the the parent window and some verb > definitions seem to disappear after I fork off a process but I haven't > nailed down the circumstances under which this happens. > > My definition of "fork_jtask_" looks like this: > > 3 : 0 > 0 fork y > : > ph=. CreateProcess y > if. x do. Wait ph;x end. > CloseHandle ph > empty'' > ) > > Does that match yours? > > Regards, > > Devon > > On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 8:46 AM, Aai<[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Devon, >> >> I tried to run this interesting example in Linux. So far I had to change: >> >> JEXE (of course) into: >> >> JEXE=: jpath '~/j701/bin/jconsole ' >> >> and the template line >> >> 'ni nspi'=. y [ sttime=. 6!:1 '' [ 9!:1] '''{randseed}''' [ max=. >> 2147483647 >> >> into >> >> 'ni nspi'=. y [ sttime=. 6!:1 '' [ 9!:1] {randseed} [ max=. 2147483647 >> >> But >> >> fork JEXE, xflnm >> >> waits until finished. >> >> The results are ok, e.g. (params template: 10 1e5): >> >> 10 100000 1.45187e9 1.88214e9 >> 7.80354e8 2.0112e9 2.00163e9 6.42693e8 >> 26.5 38.5 30.0349 1.90047 >> 26.5 37.5 30.0383 1.89869 >> 26.5 37.5 30.0376 1.89592 >> 26.5 37.5 30.053 1.90099 >> 26.5 38 30.0373 1.89206 >> 26.5 38 30.0314 1.89761 >> 26.5 38 30.0401 1.89232 >> 26.5 39 30.0375 1.90335 >> 26.5 38 30.0446 1.8974 >> 26.5 38 30.0443 1.89716 >> 2.14314e9 8.169e8 1.30083e9 40.0226 >> >> >> What do I need to know to let 'fork xxxxx' be executed without waiting >> until done? >> >> Tested also >> fork 'kwrite' >> >> with the same result: wait until exit 'kwrite'. >> >> JVERSION >> Engine: j701/2011-01-10/11:25 >> Library: 7.01.048 >> Platform: Linux 32 >> Installer: j701a_linux32.sh >> >> >> >> >> TIA >> >> >> Hallo Devon McCormick, je schreef op 04-04-11 06:24: >>> I've posted some work I've done recently on calculating the score >> obtained >>> by using a simple strategy in the "Red or Black" game about which there >> was >>> some traffic on the forum a month or so ago: >>> >> http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/NYCJUG/2011-04-12/RedOrBlackGameSimulation . >>> >> >> -- >> Met vriendelijke groet, >> =@@i >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
