Cheap and cheerful pwait for linux

By Pete Shanahan on September 24, 2008 7:42 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

#!/bin/bash -p

if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
    echo "Usage: $(basename $0) " 1>&2
    exit 1
fi

while [ -d /proc/$1 ]; do sleep 0.5; done

If I implemented it using inotify, I presume I can get rid of the sleep, but that entails compiled code.

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