How do I wait for a specific process to die? I want to do something like:
waitpid 1234&&(echo "done!" | Mail -s "PROC DONE" kelly.terry.jo...@gmail.com)
if i understand you correctly:
your_program parameters &
bg_process_number=$!
...something else...
wait $bg_process_number
echo "done!"
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