> >
> >Ah, it's not part of the mysqld command itself. Got it.
>
> Right.  It's a process-control aspect of how the shell itself works.

And it's also rather confusing! *s* I really thought it was just another part 
of the command, not a structure like a pipe or a redirector.....

Oh, these Windows newbies trying to learn Linux. Aren't they fun to watch!!!! 
*s*

> The genesis of this in Unix is described in the "Process Control"
> section of this document by Dennis Ritchie:
>
> http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/dmr/hist.html

Super. Thanks!

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