Thanks Akhil, I did see the & at the end of a command in some example long ago, but it wasn't explained what it was, and honestly I thought it might be a typo :-)
I'll check it out tonight! On Thursday, March 6, 2014 9:27:40 AM UTC-5, Akhil wrote: > > I think you want to run the first program that never returns as a > background process. Here are some links on how to do that: > http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-command-line-run-in-background/ > http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2010/12/5-ways-to-execute-linux-command/ > > I think just appending an ampersand " &" at the end of your command is > what you're looking for. > > Cheers, > Akhil > > On Thursday, March 6, 2014 4:41:13 AM UTC+1, Brad Hopper wrote: >> >> Hey folks, just getting started here with BBB. >> >> Like many who get one of these I picked it up with a specific purpose in >> mind, and I want the board to start on that purpose right away... so I want >> to auto execute a script on startup. I'm not quite that far, and have a few >> tutorials to read on auto login and start. Meanwhile I'm just trying to get >> my script going and it won't complete because the first command starts a >> "service", mjpg-streamer, and hogs the shell so that the next command never >> starts (I want to start OctoPrint). >> >> Is there some secret word like spawn, exec, start, execstart etc that >> will allow the first command to spawn and remain running so the second >> command can start? >> >> Here's the script so far (I wish I could figure how to copy to the >> clipboard from vim but...): >> >> >> <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-0cUAUnn-WAA/UxfsmapwgwI/AAAAAAAAEns/oST_jHtrLTI/s1600/BBBstartup.PNG> >> >> by the way, the only way I know to kill this script is to hit ctrl-C, >> which does kill mjpg-streamer, and then OctoPrint starts, but it complains >> that "daemon already running?" >> >> I've been Googling this for a while and so far haven't uncovered what >> seems like it should be simple. >> >> -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
