Re: [Hampshire] Is my program detached?

Bob Dunlop said: > > I need to determine if my Linux program is running detached, > > e.g. if it was launched by > > vfxlin > > or > > vfxlin & > > Uhm the second process isn't detached it's backgrounded which > isn't the same thing, it will still have a controlling terminal. > > If your qu

Re: [Hampshire] Is my program detached?

On Mon, Sep 28 at 11:24, Stephen Pelc wrote: > I need to determine if my Linux program is running detached, > e.g. if it was launched by > vfxlin > or > vfxlin & Uhm the second process isn't detached it's backgrounded which isn't the same thing, it will still have a controlling terminal. If

Re: [Hampshire] Is my program detached?

2009/9/29 Stephen Pelc : > > Thank you for answering a question I didn't ask! The current > version of vfxlin has changed! The question is how do I > determine if a program is running in a terminal session or is > detached in some way, e.g. by using & at the end of the command > line? I need need t

Re: [Hampshire] Is my program detached?

On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 13:28:02 +0100 (+0100), Stephen Pelc wrote: > Under Kubuntu 9.04 at least, trying to open /dev/tty succeeds in > both cases and fds 0,1,2 return true from isatty(). Similarly, > ttyname() returns a name. Hmm, that was going to be my suggestion. Perhaps you could see wheth

Re: [Hampshire] Is my program detached?

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Re: [Hampshire] Is my program detached?

Vic said > > I need to determine if my Linux program is running detached, > > e.g. if it was launched by > > vfxlin > > or > > vfxlin & > > VFX isn't too keen on not having a console... > > What I did was to run it through screen :- Thank you for answering a question I didn't ask! The curre

Re: [Hampshire] Is my program detached?

> I need to determine if my Linux program is running detached, > e.g. if it was launched by > vfxlin > or > vfxlin & VFX isn't too keen on not having a console... What I did was to run it through screen :- screen -dmS vfx vfxlinux Then you can get to the (unattended) console with: scr

[Hampshire] Is my program detached?

I need to determine if my Linux program is running detached, e.g. if it was launched by vfxlin or vfxlin & Is there a standard way for the vfxlin program to determine this? It would also be useful to know if input or output is being piped. Stephen -- Stephen Pelc, step...@mpeforth.com Mic