return code for process 3

[gotchausa]

I have a Unix script which invokes many other scripts in parallel in the background. Is there a way to find out the exit status for each of these other scripts? May be thru its PID?

 

[gregor weertman]

You can do it like this:

(ls dasdas ;echo $?) > ls.ret 2>ls.err&

in ls.ret is the returncode of ls.
In ls.err is the errormessage of ls.

regards Gregor. Gregor.Weertman@mailcity.com

 

[MikeLacey]

Gregor -- that is just so neat! Mike
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Is that a haiku?
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of writing those things.

 

[gotchausa]

Thanks a lot, what a simple and great solution!