>> "Barry Byrne" writes: B> I think the simplest thing would be to write a little wrapper script B> that calls your other script. B> B> #!/bin/sh B> echo "Stating Daemon Now" B> /path/to/mainscript &
You might be better off using daemon to make sure you're detached from the controlling terminal. Other advantages are changing the working directory to / in case you need to unmount the filesystem from which the original program was run, and properly handling stdin/stdout/stderr. >> On Sat, 06 Jun 2009 07:10:47 -0500, >> Martin McCormick <mar...@dc.cis.okstate.edu> said: M> [...] the output can be redirected to /dev/null or anywhere M> else when you call the script. To kill it, do M> ps ax | grep SCRIPTNAME | grep -v grep If you're looking for an easy way to kill "mainscript", have it store its process-id somewhere: echo $$ > /var/run/`basename $0`.pid M> As with all scripts that can start background processes, be careful with M> loops and such... If you're working on each file in a directory, it helps to add something like this to the inner loop: test -f "stop" && echo stopped at user request && exit 1 This way, you can just "touch stop" if something goes to hell instead of having to grub around in the process table. -- Karl Vogel I don't speak for the USAF or my company Therapy is expensive. Popping bubble wrap is cheap. You choose. --bumper sticker _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"