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Re: [Help-bash] Self terminating code for bash scripts
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Chris Down |
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Re: [Help-bash] Self terminating code for bash scripts |
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Tue, 19 Mar 2013 23:15:37 +0800 |
On 19 March 2013 22:56, adrelanos <address@hidden> wrote:
> When I am running a script, I wish, that it kills any previous instances
> of itself in case it is still running. How can I do that?
pids=( $(pgrep "$0") )
for pid in "address@hidden"; do
[[ "$pid" != "$$" ]] && kill "$pid"
done
Untested, it would be much better to just use a lock file anyway.
Chris