From 86be5fd1c13612c0fa8119bc1a30f38ba7ba5524 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jared Vititoe <jjvititoe1@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2026 10:51:36 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add efficient process wait utility function

Add wait_for_process() that uses kill -0 instead of ps -p
for checking if a process is running. This is more efficient
as kill -0 only checks process existence without spawning
a new process like ps would.

Includes optional spinner for visual feedback during waits.

https://code.lotusguild.org/LotusGuild/proxDoc/issues/7

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 proxDoc.sh | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/proxDoc.sh b/proxDoc.sh
index 2f4af97..c578442 100755
--- a/proxDoc.sh
+++ b/proxDoc.sh
@@ -128,6 +128,24 @@ get_disk_list() {
     echo "$DISK_LIST"
 }
 
+# Efficient process wait with optional spinner
+# Usage: wait_for_process $pid [delay]
+# Uses kill -0 instead of ps -p for efficiency
+wait_for_process() {
+    local pid="$1"
+    local delay="${2:-0.1}"
+    local spinner='|/-\'
+    local i=0
+
+    while kill -0 "$pid" 2>/dev/null; do
+        printf "\r%c " "${spinner:i++%${#spinner}:1}"
+        sleep "$delay"
+    done
+    printf "\r  \r"  # Clear spinner
+    wait "$pid"
+    return $?
+}
+
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