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Special Forums Windows & DOS: Issues & Discussions "background processes" in Windows Post 302912881 by Corona688 on Tuesday 12th of August 2014 12:03:37 PM

08-12-2014

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"background processes" in Windows

In order to prevent my Windows machine from trying to start umpteen different applications simultaneously and thrashing to oblivion, I have written this script:

Code:

#!/bin/sh

TODAYFILE="$USERPROFILE/My Documents/$(date +%b%d-%Y.txt)"

[ -e "$TODAYFILE" ] ||
        touch "$TODAYFILE"

# ( notepad.exe "$TODAYFILE" ) &

cd "$USERPROFILE/Start Menu/Programs/Delayed-Start" || exit 1

set -- *.*

while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]
do
        printf "Starting %30s\r" "$1"
        case "$1" in
        *.[sS][hH])
                sh ./"$1" &
                ;;
        *)
                cmd /C "$1" &
                [ -z "$2" ] || sleep 45
                ;;
        esac

        shift
done

echo Done

It is executed by a batch file in my 'Startup' items (and Busybox's help.). It looks for script files, lnk files, or anything else inside my own 'Delayed Start' menu and waits 45 seconds between starting each application, in alphabetical order. I name them 1-firstapp 2-secondapp etc to determine the order.

You will notice one commented out line:

Code:

# ( notepad.exe "$TODAYFILE" ) &

This is because Notepad, unlike most "big" apps, doesn't put itself into the background -- and I can't force it to do so, even with & and a subshell. I guess this is something Windows must do, not something a mere script has power over.

How can I convince Windows to do this?

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os_type

os_type(3alleg4)						  Allegro manual						  os_type(3alleg4)

NAME

       os_type - Stores the detected type of the OS. Allegro game programming library.

SYNOPSIS

       #include <allegro.h>

       extern int os_type;

DESCRIPTION

       Set by allegro_init() to one of the values:

	  OSTYPE_UNKNOWN    - unknown, or regular MSDOS
	  OSTYPE_WIN3	    - Windows 3.1 or earlier
	  OSTYPE_WIN95	    - Windows 95
	  OSTYPE_WIN98	    - Windows 98
	  OSTYPE_WINME	    - Windows ME
	  OSTYPE_WINNT	    - Windows NT
	  OSTYPE_WIN2000    - Windows 2000
	  OSTYPE_WINXP	    - Windows XP
	  OSTYPE_WIN2003    - Windows 2003
	  OSTYPE_WINVISTA   - Windows Vista
	  OSTYPE_OS2	    - OS/2
	  OSTYPE_WARP	    - OS/2 Warp 3
	  OSTYPE_DOSEMU     - Linux DOSEMU
	  OSTYPE_OPENDOS    - Caldera OpenDOS
	  OSTYPE_LINUX	    - Linux
	  OSTYPE_SUNOS	    - SunOS/Solaris
	  OSTYPE_FREEBSD    - FreeBSD
	  OSTYPE_NETBSD     - NetBSD
	  OSTYPE_IRIX	    - IRIX
	  OSTYPE_DARWIN     - Darwin
	  OSTYPE_QNX	    - QNX
	  OSTYPE_UNIX	    - Unknown Unix variant
	  OSTYPE_BEOS	    - BeOS
	  OSTYPE_MACOS	    - MacOS
	  OSTYPE_MACOSX     - MacOS X

SEE ALSO

       allegro_init(3alleg4), os_version(3alleg4), os_multitasking(3alleg4)

Allegro 							   version 4.4.2						  os_type(3alleg4)