Re: Running consecutive

From	db <dieterhansbritz@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: Running consecutive
Date	2022-11-13 16:17 +0100
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On 11.11.2022 18.49, Richard Kettlewell wrote:
> db <dieterhansbritz@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> I am preparing for an upgrade of my Kubuntu system, and have to
>> do a lot of synching. Some of these will take a longish time, so
>> I want to do them using a script.  However, I find that the lines
>> in the script get run simultaneously, rather than one after the other.
>> How do I get them to run one after the other?
> 
> Shell scripts normally run commands consecutively rather than
> concurrently. If you want people to debug your script you will have to
> post it.
> 

OK, here is a sample:

echo " Running 64"
rsync -ar arraydata64/ Dropbox/arraydata64
echo "running 128"
rsync -ar arraydata144/ Dropbox/arraydata144
echo "Finished"

When I just ran this, I got the two messages immediately, although
both synchs take a few seconds.

(Sorry, the 128 was a mistake)
-- 
Dieter Britz

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