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Executing several scripts at the same time?
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quite easy actually
[tt]
#!/bin/ksh
script1 &
script2 &
script3 &
script4 &
script5 &
wait
[/tt]
The [tt]&[/tt] character puts the command you run 'into the background' and lets you do other things without having to wait for it to finish.
The script above will wait for all of the scripts it starts to finish - if you don't want it to do that, delete the 'wait' line.
Mike
michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com
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[tt]
#!/bin/ksh
script1 &
script2 &
script3 &
script4 &
script5 &
wait
[/tt]
The [tt]&[/tt] character puts the command you run 'into the background' and lets you do other things without having to wait for it to finish.
The script above will wait for all of the scripts it starts to finish - if you don't want it to do that, delete the 'wait' line.
Mike
michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com
Email welcome if you're in a hurry or something -- but post in tek-tips as well please, and I will post my reply here as well.
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