On Sunday 15 April 2007 14:08:16 A.J. Bonnema wrote: > Hi, > > One of you guys probably knows this and uses it, I know it can be done, > I just forgot the command to do it: > > I want to start a command like f.i. "updatedb &" and then have the OS > signal me when its done. > > I remember it was something like: > > "updatedb && msg 'updatedb is finished, go for it!' " > By default if you invoke a process with & appended: #updatedb & [1] 6837 Then the OS should show you messsage something like as follows once the job is done: [1]+ Done updatedb > I then got a GUI screen showing the message. > > If anyone remenbers the correct sequence, I'd be grateful. > > Guus. > -- > A.J. Bonnema, Leiden The Netherlands, > user #328198 (Linux Counter http://counter.li.org)
