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Re: PSID, New idea



Sorry to say but it is the right one i'v just used a demo
file for the example , and as for awk i would gladly would
like to learn how i can ilustrate it

On Tue, 16 Sep 1997, Ira Abramov wrote:

> On Tue, 16 Sep 1997, Yaniv Orenstein wrote:
> 
> > Here is somthing i'v experimented with (this only applies to tcsh)
> > 
> > /bin/tcsh -c "pppd (bla bla bla) & ; jobs -l > /tmp/.ppp.pid";
> > 
> > then /tmp/.ppp.pid would look like this:
> > 
> > [1]    28868 Done     /usr/sbin/pppd
> > 
> > 
> > then what is left is just to cat it with awk and finito.
> 
> first, awk can make it look better,
> second, pppd forks as soon as it runs (hence the "done" status). the PID
> you got is not the right one...
> 
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