[techtalk] Really lame question

[Chris J/#6]

> 
> Hi, grrls ;-)
> 
> I have a really _basic_ and lame question!
> I need to lauch two programs, and they need 
> to behave like this;
> 
> * start program 1
> * start program 2
> * use program 2
> * exit program 2 manually
> * program 1 should exit automatically
> 

	#!/bin/sh
	program1 &
	prog=$!
	program2
	kill $prog

Should do the job :) The $! returns the pid of the last process started, 
which is often handy when combined with 'wait' or 'kill' :)

Chris...


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