On 10 Aug 1999, Adam Morrison wrote:
> In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Isaac Aaron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Does anybody know a shell command that allows me to run something in the
> > background immediately?
>
> Use nohup if you're using a Bourne shell (sh) descendant.
>
> Just use `&' if you're using a C shell (csh) descendant.
>
> For this purpose, bash (the bastard shell) compiled with job control,
> acts as a csh descendant.
Both will terminate as soon as they are detached from the controlling
terminal. Backgrounding jobs using `&' require that the job be configured
(compiled in that way) to ignore some signals from the controlling
terminal, in order for them not to terminate when the controlling terminal
is killed.
--Ariel
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