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| PROCESS=$1 | |
| SLEEP_TIME=60 | |
| EMAIL_ADDRESS=abdallah@example.com | |
| while [ -n "$(pidof $PROCESS)" ]; do sleep $SLEEP_TIME; done; echo "Finished ..." | mail -s "Work finished" $EMAIL_ADDRESS |
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Many ways to skin this cat right? Sorry pardon the grossness. May also want to check on the state of the process in case it zombies out? You can use $PID if this is embedded in the script itself
while [[ ( -d /proc/$PID ) && ( -z $(grep zombie /proc/$PID/status) ) ]]
do ...