Re: Running script in background...

Andrew Kelly <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.release.enigma
Organization Transparency International
Message-ID <[email protected]>

System wrote:
> 
> Hello All,
> 
> I need to run a script in background from the shell. There is no user
> interaction for the script. I don't wan't to use cron. I wan't to do it
> manually. How do I do it?
> 

If I understand you correctly, all you need to do is
append a & to your calling command.

./script_to_run_in_background &

If it's already running suspend it with <CTRL>Z and send
it into the background with bg

Andy
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