.bashrc and removing "[1]+ Done ..." messages.

[Dan Browning (Network Admin)]

I'm building my .bashrc to do some interesting things (paste cal & df).  And
I would like it to run some processes in the background at login.  But if I
do &, then after a little while, I get annoying "[1]+ Done ..." messages.
Can I stop these?

I know I can do mesg off, but that would disable ALL messages, right? (I
like "You have mail.")

Thanks for your help.

Dan Browning
Network Administrator
Cyclone Computer Systems