* echo dev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020530 13:17] wrote: > I am coding a scheduler. It is going to paste a msg to the screen after a > certain time. How might i run this in the background? I tried just casting > it into the background with the name& but it did'nt work. I need it to > asked the questions and then put it self into the background. If someone > could give me some liks to some docs I woould be vary grateful..
Have your program ask questions, then fork a child process, then have the parent exit, it will effectively detach. -- -Alfred Perlstein [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology," start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.' Tax deductible donations for FreeBSD: http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
