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Re: [PLUG] can i fork a process in the bash shell?
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| Specifically, I want to kick off a delete of a huge directory and in
| the mean time interact with the user a bit more. Only when i know the
| delete is complete I want to continue doing the rest of the script
| actions.
| I don't know how to pull that off in bash. Any help would be appreciated.
[several answers involving 'while something' loops deleted]
rm -rf hugedir &
more stuff
wait
the shell builtin 'wait' (without arguments) waits for all background
tasks to complete.
--jeff
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