From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 10 21:39:52 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 10 21:39:49 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mailhost01.reflexnet.net (mailhost01.reflexnet.net [64.6.192.82]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B06F737B400 for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2000 21:39:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from 149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com ([64.6.211.149]) by mailhost01.reflexnet.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.197.19); Sun, 10 Dec 2000 21:38:15 -0800 Received: (from cjc@localhost) by 149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com (8.11.0/8.11.0) id eBB5dlG18880; Sun, 10 Dec 2000 21:39:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cjc) Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 21:39:41 -0800 From: "Crist J. Clark" To: Matt Rudderham Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Putting a Process Into Background Message-ID: <20001210213941.U96105@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com> Reply-To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: ; from matt@researcher.com on Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 10:01:42PM -0400 Sender: cjc@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 10:01:42PM -0400, Matt Rudderham wrote: > Hi, > I was wondering how to put a process that initially requires some imput, but > then will run on its own into the background to free up the terminal. It's a > setiathome process, as well as another similar one. People have pointed out that you just need to use 'bg' with your scheme below. However, you mention setiathome. setiathome only requires user interaction the first time it is started. There is no user interaction after this point. If you install setiathome from the ports there is a really nice startup script that will run it for you at boot time. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message