[TriLUG] Making a bg'd bash script wait for user intervention

[Pat Regan]

On Mon, 18 Oct 2004, Brian Henning wrote:

> Hi Y'all,

Hi!

> Is there another simple method to make a bash script wait for a signal?  Or
> else, what do I need to do to make suspend work?
>

What about running the script inside of a screen session?

screen -d -m -S SomeKindOfName runme.sh

The -d -m detaches the session and the -S gives the session a name.  Then,
whenever you want to check on it, you can do:

screen -dr SomeKindOfName

You can deteach again by hitting C-a d.

Then you can use 'read' in your script to wait for user input, like
someone else suggested.

Pat