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Re: Is there any mutex/semaphore mechanism in shell scripts?
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Andreas Schwab |
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Re: Is there any mutex/semaphore mechanism in shell scripts? |
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Thu, 21 May 2009 16:57:35 +0200 |
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jjjaime <jjjaime@gmail.com> writes:
> So, to speed up the execution of the script, I want FUNCTION_1 and
> FUNCTION_2 in parallel. But the script fails when FUNCTION_2 ends before
> FUNCTION_1.
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> Is there any mechanism for synchronization (i.e. semaphores/mutes) or any
> other suggestion for simulating it?
FUNCTION_1 &
FUNCTION_2
wait
FUNCTION_3
Andreas.
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