Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2009 04:54:24 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can a Bourn Shell Script put itself in the background? Message-ID: <20090606045424.ffc94fcd.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20090605190200.GH87456@kokopelli.hydra> References: <200906041406.n54E6Fts006668@dc.cis.okstate.edu> <C96FA0139A334A87B8432652524189DB@wbt.wbtsystems.com> <560f92640906040929p3786dd30n9b6a11dded90a44a@mail.gmail.com> <20090605190200.GH87456@kokopelli.hydra>
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On Fri, 5 Jun 2009 13:02:00 -0600, Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> wrote: > . . . or use tmux instead of GNU Screen, if you like. > > I got the impression this question was about a script backgrounding > itself, though -- possibly creating a daemon using bash. Maybe using detach (from ports) is a solution. It let's you decouple a program from the controlling terminal session, so it can be run in the background even if you logged off. -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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