On Mon, 9 Aug 1999, Isaac Aaron wrote:
> Does anybody know a shell command that allows me to run something in the
> background immediately?
>
> I've looked in to the alternatives -
>
> at: Doesn't fit my need. I need to run it now.
> batch: Batch run a process immed. only if the load average is lower than
> 0.8.
> cron: Same as at.
> issuing the command with the & sign: This will run as a nested process.
> When I'll close the terminal, the command will shut with it.
Then just use 'screen', it is very suitable, because later you can
reattach terminal, and you can also run progs that need terminal I/O
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