Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1523 mails)

[David Haller <dnh@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

On Sun, 21 Mar 2010, arygroup@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> My script is
>
> #/bin/bash
> pidgin&
> skype&
> alltray thunderbird&
> dropbox start -i &

==== some ideas, UNTESTED ====
#!/bin/bash
PROGS=( "pidgin" \
        "skype" \
        "alltray thunderbird" \
        "dropbox start -i" \
      )

pids_to_kill=()

killem() {
    sig=$1; shift;
    for pid in ${pids_to_kill[@]}; do
        kill "-$sig" $pid
    done
    exit $sig
}

trap "killem HUP" HUP
trap "killem INT" INT
trap "killem USR1" USR1
trap "killem TERM" TERM EXIT

for prog in "${PROGS[@]}"; do
    $prog &
    pids_to_kill=( ${pids_to_kill[@]} $! )
done
wait
====

HTH,
-dnh

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