Date: 10 Sep 2001 23:50:58 GMT
From: damian@qimr.edu.au (Damian James)
Subject: Re: start a script when a process exits
Message-Id: <slrn9pqkbg.2fv.damian@puma.qimr.edu.au>

Luke Vanderfluit chose Tue, 11 Sep 2001 09:07:57 +0930 to say this:
>...
>I am running linux. I have a prgram called wvdial that connects me to
>the internet.
>when it exits, I want to run a script (perl or other) that I have
>written.
>
>How do I get the exit of a process to trigger another process to run?
>Can it be done in perl?
>

Wrap your call to the program in the script with a system() call, which
waits for the former to complete before going on:

#!/path/to/perl -w
use strict;

system('wvdial'); ### might want to check the return status, too

#
# do other stuff here
#

__END__

Cheers,
Damian
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