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Old 11-22-2004
Please don't post duplicate threads in multiple forums. If somebody can offer you their assistance, they will - posting more than once will not yield a faster response! I have removed the duplicate post.

Please review the forum rules, in particular, rule 4.

EDIT: In response to the actual question, it is possible that the script/program is actually wanting input. On some OS's you can do "read foo &" and it will appear as suspended (tty output). I've seen this behaviour on Solaris (tcsh) before. e.g
Code:
% read foo &
[1] 7169
%	
[1]  + Stopped (tty output) read foo

Try running the command interactively without the "&" - does it prompt for any input?

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ZB
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