Use start on the command line to get a background task (actually, it just
starts a new DOS window and executes the command).
-Jason
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthew Inger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 9:35 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: running daemons
>
>
> I believe, if you tell your call to "<java>" (if that's
> what you're
> using) to
> "fork", then control should return to ant right away.
> (ANT experts, please
> correct me if i'm wrong here. If so, it would be a nice
> option to have).
> If it's a shell command, on unix, append the '&'
> character to the command.
> As far as windows, you'll have to ask a windows expert
> how to background
> a program.
>
>
>
> Lauren Commons wrote:
>
> >I've looked for the answer to this, but couldn't find
> >it. If I missed it in the docs, please let me know...
> >I am building and testing (!) an asynchronous
> >messaging system (based on JMS). For automated
> >testing, I'm looking for a way to start the server in
> >it's own process then run a test script and retrieve
> >the output for comparison to expected results.
> >The problem is how do I have Ant kick off the server
> >then move on to the next task (calling a junit test)?
> >
> >Thanks
> >Mr. Lauren Commons
> >
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