In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Chris Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed:
>
> hostname
> uptime
> ping -c 100 ftp.furrie.net
> traceroute ftp.furrie.net
>
> I'd like to push all the commands into the background & be able to log
> off and let it do its business unattended. Unfortunately, with my
> lacking knowledge, so far I have managed this, (sad isn't it)...
>
> (ping -c 10 ftp.furrie.net > /tmp/results && cat /tmp/results | mail
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] &)
>
> Even with an & at the end of this command, I do not get my prompt back
> :-(
The easiest oneliner is:
(hostname; uptime; ping -c 100 ftp.furrie.net; traceroute ftp.furrie.net) | mail
[EMAIL PROTECTED] &
The reason your one-liner didn't come back fromm the background is
that you didn't background the shell running the command, but
backgrounded the commands the shell was waiting on.
Putting a bunch of commands in parens separated by ; runs them one
after the other in a subshell, with output going to standard
output. Just send that output to mail and you're done.
<mike
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