On 2006 November 6 04:26, Neill Jones wrote: > Miark wrote: > > On Sun, 05 Nov 2006 20:04:12 -0500, ET wrote: > >> not sure about before, but ctrl+z seems to put some in the > >> background, in bash > > > > But that also suspends the job. I think he wants it running. > > If you 'ctrl+z' a command and then type 'bg' it puts it running in the > background > - useful if you forgot to put the & at the end. (No help for nohup though). > You can bring it back to the foreground by typing 'fg' or 'jobs' if there > is more than one job in the background. Have a read of the man page for the > shell (the section about job control) for more about this. > > Regards > > Neill
Once it's in the background (whether via "&" or "ctrl-z bg") the disown command should make it run independently of the shell (but I haven't tried it). ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________
