From: Bob_McGowan AT xstor DOT com (Bob McGowan) Subject: RE: bash and '&' 24 Mar 1998 00:26:41 -0800 Message-ID: <8B40B8756FA1D111BCB900A02495E24F0154CA.cygnus.gnu-win32@Neptune.xstor.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain To: Alexei Podtelezhnikov 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. ---- 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 - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help". - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".