On Sun, 01 Mar 2009 09:54:59 -0800 bruce wrote: > i'm considering a web kind of app, where the webservice returns a group of > files back to the requesting query. the webservice would have to quickly > generate the list of files from the local dir, which is why i'm trying to > figure out a "fast/efficient" approach for this scenario. If I understand what you're trying to do, you need to use some sort of an "I'm done" flag. Have each process set a flag when it's done, and when all of the flags from each process appear, then gather the files and do whatever you're doing. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines