> From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of > Martin McCormick
> I tried > > bg $$ > > but $$ is the current process invoked just as $! is the process > of a backgrounded process started by that shell. > > So, can I make a shell script background itself after > starting? > > Right now, I remind my coworkers to append the & after the > script name. the bg command expects a job number, not a process > ID. Martin, If you mean you'd like to be able to put a script that is already running into the background, then you could press CTRL-Z to suspend the process. Then running 'jobs' will list the job id. Then 'bg jobnumber' (probably 1) should put it into the background. Cheers, Barry _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
