Run a script in the Background

Hi, i have Cygwin install on a Windows 2003 Machine and i whant to run a script on the background from time to time how can I accomplish that? Thanks -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation

Re: Run a script in the Background

* Diogo Branco (Tue, 9 Sep 2008 15:47:00 +0100) Hi, i have Cygwin install on a Windows 2003 Machine and i whant to run a script on the background from time to time how can I accomplish that? cron, at, schtasks -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports

Re: Run a script in the Background

Diogo Branco wrote: Hi, i have Cygwin install on a Windows 2003 Machine and i whant to run a script on the background from time to time how can I accomplish that? You can do this in a Bash shell: $ myscript output You may want to follow the above command with: $ disown so

Re: Run a script in the Background

Francis Litterio wrote: If you want to launch the script from a Windows shortcut, make the shortcut run this command: cygstart --hide bash c:/path/to/myscript You will probably want to make the shortcut start minimized, otherwise you see a console window flash on the screen briefly