From:	Bob_McGowan AT xstor DOT com (Bob McGowan)
Subject:	RE: bash and '&'
24 Mar 1998 00:26:41 -0800 :
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To:	Alexei Podtelezhnikov <aqp1022 AT is DOT nyu DOT edu>
Cc:	gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

A quick check of the tools in the cygwin bin shows that the tool needed
for this is not there - either just not done yet or may not be possible
to do given the differences in UNIX and NT.

Also, note that the & is how background processes are run in UNIX
shells, but is not enough to assure that the program will continue to
run after logging out (at least for most systems).  On a UNIX system you
need to either use the "nohup" command or otherwise handle the hangup
signal generated by most UNIX systems when the modem disconnects.  I
have no idea how this might be done on an NT system.

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Bob McGowan
i'm bobmcgow at xstor dot com
Storage Dimensions, Inc.

-----Original Message-----
From: Alexei Podtelezhnikov [mailto:aqp1022 AT is DOT nyu DOT edu]
Sent: Thursday, March 19, 1998 2:01 PM
To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com
Subject: bash and '&'


I want to leave a simple program running after quiting the shell, and
even logging off. It's done under unix by adding '&'. I failed to do
this using cygwin32. Is it supposed to behave the same way under
cygwin32? What should I do?

Thanks.
Alexei

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