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

[Michael Thompson]

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Heh, I was thinking the same thing...

Pat Regan wrote:
| On Mon, 18 Oct 2004, Brian Henning wrote:
| 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 could also write a script that either starts the new screen session
if one isn't already running, or re-connects you to the currently
running session, to make it easy for other users or backup operators...

| 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
|

Yip.

Another 2 cents...  :)

- --mike
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