On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 09:08:57PM -0000, Chris Phillips wrote: > > > Stuff like: - > > hostname > uptime > ping -c 100 ftp.furrie.net > traceroute ftp.furrie.net > > I'd like to push all the commands into the background & be able to log > off and let it do its business unattended. Unfortunately, with my > lacking knowledge, so far I have managed this, (sad isn't it)... > > (ping -c 10 ftp.furrie.net > /tmp/results && cat /tmp/results | mail > [EMAIL PROTECTED] &) > > Even with an & at the end of this command, I do not get my prompt back > :-( You forgot about HUP > `nohup' will vacinate from SIGHUP (#1)
> look nohup(1) > bash also have disown -- With best wishes Nikolay mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
