Get an email notification when a process completes

pcomplete.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Watch a running process and notify by email when it's done
# usage ./pcomplete.sh pid email
# or nohup ./pcomplete.sh pid email & to background it

# TODO verify args
# TODO timeout option
# TODO include abiity to detach and run in the background

pid=$1
email=$2

message="Process $pid on `hostname` has finished."

echo "Monitoring $pid..."

while true
do
  psout=`ps -p $pid | tail +2`
  if [[ -z "$psout" ]]
  then
    break
  fi
  sleep 1
done
echo "$message" | mail -s "Process Complete" "$email"

while true
do
  kill -0 $pid ; [[ $? -eq 0 ]] && break
done

ping @boone