[ SPAM ] How to show when my BG job is finished?

[Nick]

On Sunday 15 April 2007 14:08:16 A.J. Bonnema wrote:
> Hi,
>
> One of you guys probably knows this and uses it, I know it can be done,
> I just forgot the command to do it:
>
> I want to start a command like f.i. "updatedb &" and then have the OS
> signal me when its done.
>
> I remember it was something like:
>
> "updatedb && msg 'updatedb is finished, go for it!' "
>

By default if you invoke a process with & appended:

#updatedb &
[1] 6837

Then the OS should show you messsage something like as follows once the job is 
done:

[1]+  Done                    updatedb

> I then got a GUI screen showing the message.
>
> If anyone remenbers the correct sequence, I'd be grateful.
>
> Guus.
> --
> A.J. Bonnema, Leiden The Netherlands,
> user #328198 (Linux Counter http://counter.li.org)