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Old 09-25-2011
how to run in background mode.

Hi All,

i'm a newbie here, i'm just wondering in how do i run my script in background then echo it if it's done.

Please advise,

Thanks,
-nik
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Old 09-25-2011
you just append an ampersand('&') symbol after the script name

eg: <scriptname> &

'&' tells the shell to run the process in the background.

An echo is not needed to my knowledge, because when your script actually finishes its task.A message will be displayed on the console that "the process is done". (on a [enter] hit)
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