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?

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