On 2013-12-11 22:46, Andrew Gwozdziewycz wrote: > On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 6:02 PM, Charlie Kester <corky1...@comcast.net> wrote: > > Maybe I'm have a dumb day (it happens, all too often), but is there a > > way to get the exit code of the longrunningscript in case it fails > > *after* the timebomb goes off? > There will be at some point tonight. Thanks for the suggestion! It was > on my list, but forgotten about.
Isn't this rewriting /sbin/init? ;) It seems like there are two parts: IPC and process control. Shells offer both, however we want better semantics ("when ..."). Is process control really the part that needs the most help?