Cwilliams@beehaw.org to Linux@lemmy.ml · edit-21 year agoAnyone have a better solution? :Pbeehaw.orgimagemessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up1337arrow-down110
arrow-up1327arrow-down1imageAnyone have a better solution? :Pbeehaw.orgCwilliams@beehaw.org to Linux@lemmy.ml · edit-21 year agomessage-square70fedilink
minus-squareSkull giver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·1 year agoI think you’re thinking of &&. Using a single & will run the task in the background and immediately spawn the next. Using semicolons would execute them in order. Essentially, this is starting a whole bunch of installers all at the same time.
minus-squareSentientted@monero.townlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoYeah you are right. Thanks for the correction
minus-square𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoAnd even then, don’t you want ||? You want to run the next one only if the previous one failed, right?
I think you’re thinking of &&. Using a single & will run the task in the background and immediately spawn the next. Using semicolons would execute them in order.
Essentially, this is starting a whole bunch of installers all at the same time.
Yeah you are right. Thanks for the correction
And even then, don’t you want
||? You want to run the next one only if the previous one failed, right?