as David suggested, nohup is good for this -- but the daemon function in /etc/init.d/functions might also fit the bill.
On Sat, 2003-06-28 at 16:17, James Sparenberg wrote: > No this is not spam for a talk show. :) I'm trying to find out how to > spawn a process from a shell script that becomes an independent Parent > process not a child process. Such so that if the Parent that spawns it > dies it doesn't die. What I need is to have the parent process spawn > the new process, then complete itself and die. While the child becomes > independent and continues it's life until it completes it's actions. > > Basically what I've run into is versions of RPM on older (but still > commonly used) versions of Linux that have trouble closing correctly if > the rpm process runs to long. In this case I have a rather long > automated installation that is hanging RPM. So if I can spin off a new > child as a parent it will allow RPM to close faster and the parent can > die without killing the child or turning the parent into a Zombie. > > (NOTE: For all who may be looking over someones shoulder, or FBI agents > reading e-mail .... I'm not a terrorist, nor a pervert.. parent, child > and zombie in this case are technical terms.) > > James > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... http://www.monkeynoodle.org/resume.html
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