Re: [CentOS] Timing a command
- Scott Ehrlich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I want to keep track of how long a task is running. Thinking it wouldn't take that long, I opted not to run time before it. The fact that it is taking a long time, if I revisit the machine in the morning, what would be the best way to find out what time it ended? In this case, I'm using mt to erase an lto3 tape - sudo mt -f /dev/st0 erase. But I'd like to use the knowledge from this question to track other events, too. I feel like I should know this answer, but cannot think of the solution at the moment. Thanks. Scott ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. Dunno, maybe you could check for the existance of /proc/$PID every 10 seconds or so from a shell script. And then note when $PID disappeared ? or run strace on the process and write the output to a tmp file. The last update of the logfile should coincide with the process ending. Those are my best shots early on a saturday morning ! Cheers. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Timing a command
I want to keep track of how long a task is running. Thinking it wouldn't take that long, I opted not to run time before it. The fact that it is taking a long time, if I revisit the machine in the morning, what would be the best way to find out what time it ended? In this case, I'm using mt to erase an lto3 tape - sudo mt -f /dev/st0 erase. But I'd like to use the knowledge from this question to track other events, too. I feel like I should know this answer, but cannot think of the solution at the moment. Thanks. Scott ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Timing a command
On Jan 25, 2008 7:05 PM, Scott Ehrlich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I want to keep track of how long a task is running. Thinking it wouldn't take that long, I opted not to run time before it. The fact that it is taking a long time, if I revisit the machine in the morning, what would be the best way to find out what time it ended? In this case, I'm using mt to erase an lto3 tape - sudo mt -f /dev/st0 erase. But I'd like to use the knowledge from this question to track other events, too. I feel like I should know this answer, but cannot think of the solution at the moment. Thanks. Scott just add 'time' before your command. like this: time sudo mt -f /dev/st0 erase -- -matt ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Timing a command
On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 07:05:40PM -0500, Scott Ehrlich alleged: I want to keep track of how long a task is running. Thinking it wouldn't take that long, I opted not to run time before it. The fact that it is taking a long time, if I revisit the machine in the morning, what would be the best way to find out what time it ended? I the terminal where the command is running, type 'date', hit enter, and walk away. At some point, the command will exit and 'date' will execute. pgpA6FaZGvNTW.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
