[NTLUG:Discuss] script hang

[Kyle Davenport]

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> ...Try taking this example and building on it.
>
> Also, you may have a problem with ddr1394 not behaving correctly.  It
> may be nothing in your script. :-)  But I will also admit, your "if"
> statement looks like psuedo code to me, not real script.  That may be
> legal in bash, but it's nothing I've seen before.  I'll also admit I do
> most of my script work in ksh not bash, so you might want to ignore that
> observation. ;-)
>
> HTH,
> Kevin

ok, I see your scripts work.  I thought I was getting the same syntax error
you would get when you try this:

while : ; do sleep 3 & ; echo ok; done
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `;'

and the work around is
while : ; do eval "sleep 3 &" ; echo ok; done

which is equivalent to calling a script which just backgrounds another job.

yes, my if's were pseudocode.  It's definitely the ddr1394 misbehaving - I
just don't know why I can't duplicate in a script what I'm doing on the
command line.   The ddr1394 process is definitely gone after I do the "kill
$PID", but something is hanging around that crashes it after the 3rd
restart.

Kyle