NAME¶
waitfor - wait for a file action, with timeout.
SYNOPSIS¶
waitfor [-t seconds] [-n] file
DESCRIPTION¶
waitfor will wait for a file to appear, or with the -n option, for a file
to disappear. If a timeout is provided, with the [-t] option, if the file
action doesn't happen within the time specified, the program will exit.
RETURN VALUES¶
The program will return 0 if the file action happens. If no timeout is
specified, waitfor will wait forever. If a timeout is specified, and
the file action does not happen within the timeout specified, waitfor
will return 1.
AUTHOR¶
waitfor was written by Scott Balneaves <sbalneav@ltsp.org>.