do the PROMPT_COMMAND in the background for better performance

15 years ago · 87b188cf12
parent b21f004061
commit 87b188cf12
1 changed files with 7 additions and 3 deletions
--- a/10
+++ b/10
@ -66,9 +66,13 @@ try:
 except IOError:
    path_dict={}

-if ('-a','') in optlist:
-    dicadd(path_dict,args[-1])
-    save(path_dict,dic_file)
+if ('-a','') in optlist: #this can be done in the background
+    os.nice(10)
+    pid=os.fork()
+    if not pid:
+        os.setsid()
+        dicadd(path_dict,args[-1])
+        save(path_dict,dic_file)
 elif ('--stat','') in optlist:
    a=path_dict.items()
    a.sort(key=lambda e:e[1])