On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 9:46 PM, nomnex <nom...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, 16 Jun 2011 23:46:39 -0430 > Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallag...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> The '&' is not part of the command. It's an instruction to the Shell >> to run the command in the background. See any beginner's guide to any >> Unix/Linux shell (sh, csh, bash, ksh, zsh, ...) for more information. > > Ah, that, and ^Z to send the app in the background, or $bg/$fg + PID. I > have seen that, but I don't usually use the shell to launch the > applications. so, the '&' part is superfluous when I pass the command in > my bashrc file, I guess. >
I would like to point out that these things are better placed in your ~/.bash_profile instead of ~/.bashrc. > > -- > nomnex <nom...@gmail.com> -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
