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    meleu @cyperghost
    last edited by 20 Jul 2017, 19:53

    @cyperghost said in Getting the rom name and emulator:

    Is there a better way to end a process running in background?

    My favorites are using pgrep/pkill.

    @daveyman123 I'm confused about this unicorn stuff. Can you explain what exactly you want to do and what info you need from runcommand?

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      cyperghost @meleu
      last edited by cyperghost 20 Jul 2017, 19:55

      @meleu and what about the method here
      I thought killing processes by pkill/kill is bad style? Isn't it not?

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        Sano
        last edited by 20 Jul 2017, 19:59

        SIGKILL (-9) is bad, SIGTERM (-15) is totally normal.
        Default behaviour of kill/pkill is to send a SIGTERM.

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          meleu @cyperghost
          last edited by 20 Jul 2017, 20:00

          @cyperghost said in Getting the rom name and emulator:

          I thought killing processes by pkill/kill is bad style? Isn't it not?

          IMHO this is THE method for killing processes. :)

          I think we can strongly simplify things here, but I don't know what exactly @daveyman123 wants to do nor what exact info his python script needs.

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            daveyman123 @meleu
            last edited by 20 Jul 2017, 20:03

            @meleu
            you mean how can i replicate the scrolling text on the unicorn using bash?

            Right now its done using a script i got off github https://github.com/topshed/UnicornHatScroll/blob/master/UHScroll.py

            I think the problem is however that as soon as runcommand-onstart.sh exits the python script stops running

            I will look into cyperghost's loop.sh example again and see if that works to put the python script in there

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              meleu @daveyman123
              last edited by 20 Jul 2017, 20:05

              @daveyman123 do you want the text scrolling during all the time the emulator is running?

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                cyperghost @meleu
                last edited by 20 Jul 2017, 20:06

                @meleu Now I'm surprised :D meleu the p-killer :)

                I think @daveyman123 wants to scroll romname on the hat.

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                  daveyman123 @cyperghost
                  last edited by 20 Jul 2017, 20:07

                  @cyperghost

                  yes. and to be honest this is for a customer on freelancer paying me 20 bucks.
                  if you guys get it to work I will pay you each 10 dollars on paypal.

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                    meleu @daveyman123
                    last edited by 20 Jul 2017, 20:09

                    @daveyman123 damn! It can be a crazy thing, but when there is money involved part of the willing decreases... :)

                    I'll try to help you anyway... hold on a little.

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                      daveyman123 @meleu
                      last edited by 20 Jul 2017, 20:10

                      @meleu
                      @cyperghost
                      where are you guys from? :)

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                        cyperghost @daveyman123
                        last edited by cyperghost 20 Jul 2017, 20:12

                        @daveyman123 I think you better give the 20 bucks to @meleu and he buys me a Caipirinha :).
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                        @meleu Nice selfie!

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                          meleu @daveyman123
                          last edited by 20 Jul 2017, 20:13

                          @daveyman123 you may know my compatriot here:
                          blanka

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                            daveyman123
                            last edited by 20 Jul 2017, 20:15

                            https://gyazo.com/fdca868affb3ecd1f7c6f6accf2bd267
                            gif showing progress so far

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                              meleu @cyperghost
                              last edited by 20 Jul 2017, 20:19

                              @cyperghost said in Getting the rom name and emulator:

                              @daveyman123 I think you better give the 20 bucks to @meleu and he buys me a Caipirinha :)

                              Let me know when you come to Rio de Janeiro and we'll drink some Caipirinhas and try to find some arcade to play Street Fighter or something. :)

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                                cyperghost @meleu
                                last edited by cyperghost 20 Jul 2017, 20:23

                                @meleu Don't make any jokes! My company got's a branch office in south america. For three or four weeks a company pal was in Rio to sell goods and he visited his girlfriend there. So it could happen I'm in :) It's unlikly but never say never :)

                                SFII? I was more addicted to MK! But for the Caipis sake :)

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                                  Sano
                                  last edited by Sano 20 Jul 2017, 20:24

                                  You could try something like

                                  sleep 5
                                  while [$(pidof retroarch)]
                                  do
                                  *script to scroll once*
                                  sleep 5
                                  done

                                  Lauched in background by runcommand-onstart.

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                                    daveyman123
                                    last edited by 20 Jul 2017, 20:24

                                    20 bucks to @meleu it is

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                                      meleu @cyperghost
                                      last edited by 20 Jul 2017, 20:28

                                      @cyperghost it's not a joke! Consider yourself invited. Any game is fun with enough alcohol and friends. :-)

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                                        meleu
                                        last edited by 20 Jul 2017, 20:31

                                        Let's get back on topic...

                                        @daveyman123 usually your python script scrolls the text only once or keeps looping the text?

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                                          cyperghost @Sano
                                          last edited by cyperghost 20 Jul 2017, 20:32

                                          @sano I think it isn't a matter of the retroarch-PID more that the script does anyting.
                                          But it's a nice catch to end a process by watching the retroarch-PID.

                                          @meleu and me descriped also ways to terminate a running script :)

                                          And thanks for the invitation. It's very unlikely that I ever enter brazil, but as I said never say never and market development changes quickly. My next stops will be more east .... romania, bulgaria, russia, belarussia...

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