On Mon, 2002-07-22 at 11:15, Rick Forrister wrote: > Nigel Peck wrote: > > > > When I enter a command at a shell prompt, how do I return to a prompt > > immediately rather than waiting for the command to complete. > > > Nigel, just type an ampersand at the end of the command line, i.e.: > > foo & > > This makes it a background process, and returns immediately to the > command line for additional command input. Might slow down your system, > if you have too many commands running in the background, or if one of > them represents a processor/memory intensive task.
and if you want the task to keep going even after you log out use nohup: nohup foo & I forget if thia detaches it from the terminal or mearly ignores the hangup signal when the terminal closes. Bret _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
