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List:       freebsd-hackers
Subject:    Re: shell scripts that hang around forever
From:       Andrew <andrew () ugh ! net ! au>
Date:       2002-01-29 17:25:37
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On Sun, 27 Jan 2002, Dan Langille wrote:

> Folks: have a look at this FreshPorts shell script and let me know if
> there is a better way to do this.

You could avoid polling (at the expense of a fork) by using wait_on
(PR #34414).

Andrew



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