Process 1 creates a process status file:

echo $$>/somedir/mypid.file
..
..
..
do stuff
do stuff
do stuff
..
..
..
rm /somedir/mypid.file

Have process 2 check for /somedir/mypid.file. If it does not exist, process
1 finished. If it exists, either the process 1 is still running, or it died
without deleting the file. You can use ps -fp `cat /somedir/mypid.file` to
check to see if the process is still running or not.


"star" wrote in message
news:1143096704.079642.140770@e56g2000cwe.googlegr oups.com...
> i am scheduling a process through crontab and i have to start another
> process once this first process gets completed... how to check whether
> the first process has got completed or not...
> can anybody help me regarding this..
>
> Thanks
> Star
>

In article <1143096704.079642.140770@e56g2000cwe.googlegroups. com>,
"star" wrote:

> i am scheduling a process through crontab and i have to start another
> process once this first process gets completed... how to check whether
> the first process has got completed or not...
> can anybody help me regarding this..
>
> Thanks
> Star

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