I found that this will work
get shell("trafficgen > /dev/null 2>&1 &")
According to Linux it places it as a background process.
thanks,
Glen
On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 10:04 AM, Mike Bonner <bonnm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> launch "path/to/app" should work right?
>
> or
>
> open process "path/to/app" for neither
>
> maybe?
>
> Or the other way as mentioned by theirry
>
> I think if you do it like so get shell("mycommand & ; disown")
> so that disown is on its own it might work. (with no arguments it acts on
> the current job which in this case is the one that has just been
> backgrounded)
>
> Not sure though that this will allow the shell itself to end which would be
> a cause of blocking. Think the first 2 options might be better choices for
> this.
>
> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 9:21 AM, Thierry Douez <th.do...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > 2012/3/28 Glen Bojsza <gboj...@gmail.com>
> >
> > I am trying to have a simple application launcher (on Linux) where the
> user
> > > can launch different applications but a clicking the associated button.
> > >
> > > The problem is that once the user has launched one application none of
> > the
> > > others will launch until they close the application they just opened.
> > >
> > > I would like to allow all applications to remain open even if the
> > Livecode
> > > application closes... is this possible.
> > >
> > > So far all I am using is the shell command in each button for an
> > individual
> > > application.
> > >
> > > thanks,
> > >
> > > Glen
> > >
> >
> > Did you try this one:
> >
> > get shell("trafficgen & disown ")
> > ....
> > get shell("editor & disown")
> >
> > HTH,
> >
> > Thierry
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