The problem with this is that I can only run one program at a time (as wait literally waits before doing anything else) when I need to complete parallel tasks and react to task completion etc. I don't think wait can do this, but I may be wrong?

My other option is to create an independant hash table and provide each program a unique ID that it uses to store its status in the hash table. Then, I can just cycle over this hash key waiting for a change of status to what I'm looking for and continuing.. BUT - I'd rather find a more native way to do it..

Also, if I were to do it that way, does anyone know the most efficient way to keep checking for this hash change? I don't want to loop over it constantly as that would probably consume too much CPU.. Maybe set a sleep time within a loop - anyone have experience with anything along these lines?

Thanks again everyone.

In reply to Re^2: Waiting For Multiple Programs to Complete by NathanE
in thread Waiting For Multiple Programs to Complete by NathanE

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