Robert Citek wrote: > > On Dec 16, 2005, at 12:25 AM, Jerry W. Hubbard wrote: > >> What am I doing incorrectly, or what don't I understand? >> The command: >> find / -name abc > /tmp/myfind & >> input in a root terminal, runs the process in the background. >> But, the same comand input in a user account fails to run in the >> background. > > > What you're doing should work. What happens to make you think it > doesn't run in the background? That is, what happens if you run the > following: > > $ find / -name abc > /tmp/myfind & sleep 10 > $ jobs > $ ls -la /tmp/myfind > > Does jobs report anything running in the background? Does the ls show > /tmp/myfind? Is /tmp full? > >> I am running bash shell on CentOS 4.2 i386. > > > I'm running FC4 and find is running in the background in my user shell > just fine. > > Regards, > - Robert > http://www.cwelug.org/downloads > Help others get OpenSource software. Distribute FLOSS > for Windows, Linux, *BSD, and MacOS X with BitTorrent > It does work aa it should. My mistake was doing this experiment when in a rush.
The problem was being tired and inattentiveness. What happened, in the user account, is Standard Error gos to Standard Out. These are permission denied errors scrolling down the screen. Damm root is so exclusive, just like an expensive club. When I saw output, I ASSUMED the process was not running in the background. Bad Jerry. When double checking myself, I paided attention. I read the output. I am a Unix rookie. And, assuming is a rookie problem. Glad to have gurus, like you guys, to help. Thanks for the help. -- Jerry Hubbard [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ CWE-LUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.cwelug.org/ http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/
