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    • meleuM
      meleu @cyperghost
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      @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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      • cyperghostC
        cyperghost @meleu
        last edited by cyperghost

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

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          • meleuM
            meleu @cyperghost
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            @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
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              @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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              • meleuM
                meleu @daveyman123
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                @daveyman123 do you want the text scrolling during all the time the emulator is running?

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                • cyperghostC
                  cyperghost @meleu
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                  @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
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                    @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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                    • meleuM
                      meleu @daveyman123
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                      @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
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                        @meleu
                        @cyperghost
                        where are you guys from? :)

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                        • cyperghostC
                          cyperghost @daveyman123
                          last edited by cyperghost

                          @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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                          • meleuM
                            meleu @daveyman123
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                            @daveyman123 you may know my compatriot here:
                            blanka

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                              daveyman123
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                              https://gyazo.com/fdca868affb3ecd1f7c6f6accf2bd267
                              gif showing progress so far

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                              • meleuM
                                meleu @cyperghost
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                                @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
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                                  @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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                                  • SanoS
                                    Sano
                                    last edited by Sano

                                    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
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                                      20 bucks to @meleu it is

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

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                                        • meleuM
                                          meleu
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                                          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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                                          • cyperghostC
                                            cyperghost @Sano
                                            last edited by cyperghost

                                            @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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