> > Perhaps better still... > > bin/mailwatcher >& /dev/null & > > > I hadn't thought about that particular incantation. It is one of the > strengths of bash (and some other shells) that there are several > different incantations that achieve similar or same results. You get > to speak the dialect you feel most comfortable with!!:-)
You get to write unportable scripts. -- Cheers, Clive