From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: running a program in the background
Date: 19 Oct 2000 17:02:10 GMT
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rameshdorai AT my-deja DOT com wrote:
> Is there a way to run my program in the background in dos without me
> seeing a dos window, like what UNIX is capable of.

I don't think so. DOS programs are a bit 'alien' to a Windows machine,
much unlike Unix, where daemons are just ordinary processes. A DOS
program is not just a single program, but rather a complete virtual
machine which that DOS program is running in.

If you want to program a daemon, you should write it in a more
'native' API, i.e. it should be a Win32 (console) application. Such
apps can switch themselves completely into the background --- a quick
view into the process list of a running Win9x system easily confirms
that.
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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.