Re: Start a process from within a signal handler

[Jörg Sommer <joerg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello John,

"John E. Davis" <davis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Jörg Sommer <joerg@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>can I start a new process while I'm in a signal handler?
>
> Not in the current implementation.  Have you considered running a
> process that invokes the actual processes you want to run?  The
> invoking process could start a new one if desired.  As a trivial
> example, this will run latex and after it exits, run dvips:
>
>     #!/bin/sh    
>     # Run LaTeX and than dvips
+set -e
>     latex foo.tex
+if grep rerun foo.log; then latex foo.tex; fi
>     dvips foo.dvi

And don't ask for index. Better I discard this feature.

Bye, Jörg.
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