On Mon, Mar 11, 2024, 19:25 alex xmb sw ratchev <fxmb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Mon, Mar 11, 2024, 19:22 Mischa Baars <mjbaars1977.bac...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 6:22 PM alex xmb sw ratchev <fxmb...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> i also completly dont get ur issue >>> >>> f=( a.c b.c .. ) threads=$( nproc ) i=-1 r= >>> >>> while [[ -v f[++i] ]] ; do >>> (( ++r > threads )) && >>> wait -n >>> gcc -c "${f[i]}" & >>> done >>> >> >> How nice! >> >> wait -n exit 1 & echo $? >> > > doesnt need a pid > 1 : 1 as i wrote it , excepts add 'wait' as new last line > > You got me the solution :) Except that wait expects a pid after -n. >> >> Maybe >> >> for (( i=0; i<32; i++ )); do exit 1 & wait -n $!; echo $?; done; >> > maxt=32 for (( .. )) ; do (( i > maxt )) && wait -n "$process_here" & done wait eof is what you meant? The equivalence of sequential execution? >> >> First think, then do magic. >> >> >>> >>> >> >>> >>> On Mon, Mar 11, 2024, 18:16 Mischa Baars <mjbaars1977.bac...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello Paul, >>>> >>>> It seems I'm awake a little longer than you are. >>>> >>>> The second paragraph as you see it, belongs to 1) >>>> The fourth paragraph as you see it, belongs to 2) >>>> >>>> The actual command invocations (a Makefile, a make.sh script) can be >>>> found >>>> in the attachment, as indicated on the first line of the mail. In the >>>> attachment there are two directories, one and two, belonging to 1) and >>>> 2) >>>> respectively. >>>> >>>> I'm not into Vulcan mindmelds, so I hope everything from the first mail >>>> makes sense to you and everyone on this mailing list now. >>>> >>>> Best regards, >>>> Mischa Baars. >>>> >>>> On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 5:01 PM Paul Smith <psm...@gnu.org> wrote: >>>> >>>> > On Mon, 2024-03-11 at 09:56 +0100, Mischa Baars wrote: >>>> > > I've attached the problem. It consists of two parts: >>>> > > >>>> > > 1) multi-threaded bash script and / or multi-threaded Makefile >>>> > > >>>> > > Running bash script functions as expected, but executing the same >>>> > > line of code with make and / or the command line, does not function. >>>> > > Perhaps someone could explain to me why? >>>> > > >>>> > > 2) passing a string argument from a bash script and / or Makefile to >>>> > > the gcc -D option >>>> > > >>>> > > Running the makefile functions as expected, but I have not been able >>>> > > to get similar code to work from a bash script. Can someone please >>>> > > explain to me what I'm doing wrong? >>>> > >>>> > I don't understand the problem. In the third paragraph above you say >>>> > the bash script works as expected and the makefile doesn't work, but >>>> in >>>> > the last paragraph you say that the makefile works as expected but you >>>> > can't get it to work in bash. >>>> > >>>> > Please provide actual command invocations (cut and pasted) showing the >>>> > output you received and explaining exactly what is wrong with it. >>>> > >>>> > But before you do that, be aware that make does NOT invoke /bin/bash >>>> as >>>> > its shell. It invokes /bin/sh. On some systems /bin/sh is actually >>>> an >>>> > alias for bash. On other systems it isn't. >>>> > >>>> > If you want your makefile to always use bash as its shell, you should >>>> > add an explicit: >>>> > >>>> > SHELL := /bin/bash >>>> > >>>> > to your makefile to force it. Maybe that will solve your problem. If >>>> > not we'll need details such as I mention above. >>>> > >>>> >>>