No this is not spam for a talk show. :) I'm trying to find out how to spawn a process from a shell script that becomes an independent Parent process not a child process. Such so that if the Parent that spawns it dies it doesn't die. What I need is to have the parent process spawn the new process, then complete itself and die. While the child becomes independent and continues it's life until it completes it's actions.
Basically what I've run into is versions of RPM on older (but still commonly used) versions of Linux that have trouble closing correctly if the rpm process runs to long. In this case I have a rather long automated installation that is hanging RPM. So if I can spin off a new child as a parent it will allow RPM to close faster and the parent can die without killing the child or turning the parent into a Zombie. (NOTE: For all who may be looking over someones shoulder, or FBI agents reading e-mail .... I'm not a terrorist, nor a pervert.. parent, child and zombie in this case are technical terms.) James
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