[Radiance-general] rpict progress status

[Greg Ward]

Chris is correct.  You can also send rpict the "continue" signal,  
which is the same as bringing it into the foreground without actually  
doing so.  "kill -CONT pid" should work.

-Greg

> From: "Christopher Rush" <Christopher.Rush at arup.com>
> Date: February 8, 2008 6:50:38 AM PST
>
> Lucio, If you add "-t [time in seconds]" to your rpict command line it
> will periodically report the progress as the calculation runs.  The  
> same
> result can be had by adding the line "REPORT= [time in minutes]" to  
> your
> rif file.  Alternatively, if you prefer not to clutter your terminal,
> you can pause the process "<ctrl-z>" and bring it back to the  
> foreground
> "fg <enter>" and it should report the progress once.
>
> -Chris
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Friday, 08 February, 2008 9:24 AM
> To: radiance-general
>
> Hey, it looks like I'm quite monopolizing this mailing list.. I'm
> sorry.. !!
>
> Some time ago, if I didn't just dream it, I run into some  
> explanation on
> how to monitor rpict progress status. If I remember well, it was
> achieved with a light kill message to rpict process. In fact when
> killing it, it returns the rpict progress. It was a way to achieve  
> same
> information without actually killing it. I thought I found this
> information in Axel Jacobs' tutorials, but I'm not able to find it any
> more.
>
> Can someone help me ?
>
> Lucio