On Jul 31, 2019, at 3:56 PM, David Bovill via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > The issue is that as the shell command runs until you forcibly exit
(somecommand & | sleep 1) will launch somecommand as a background process and then sleeps 1 second before returning. somecommand could be a simple steel script or even an alias that specifies arguments, redirection, etc. — Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. The Hawkins Law Firm 3430 E. Flamingo Rd. Suite 232 Las Vegas, NV 89121 (702) 508-8462 _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode