On Sun, Feb 06, 2000 at 02:58:55PM +0200, oliver d tali wrote: > the way i actually solved the problem is the following: i created a > script with the right classpaths etc. and the full command line which > should start my app. after trying this an that, somehow i taught, the > old screen utility would come hany. and it did! what i can recommend to > everybody out there: run your java startup-programs with screen -m -d -s > /your/appscript. it does automatically detach itself and runs in the > background. very clean i must say. although this is a second-hand > solution, it's far more easier to put in your rc-scripts and you can > reattach to that screen whenever you want it (hmm, that should work, but > doesn't for me).
Heh, that is a fair bit of effort, imho, but I am glad it worked for you -- and thanks for reporting back. :) I *NEVER* would have thought of using screen to solve such a problem. :) -- Seth Arnold | http://www.willamette.edu/~sarnold/ Hate spam? See http://maps.vix.com/rbl/ for help Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread!