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Old 11-19-2013
Interactive script with background

I have script, which need some variable from user and i use below command for this
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this script works fine while running without background, but when i run this script in background, it ask first variable then immediately it show below error

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 KSH variable  not found

please let me know how i can do that in script it ask some 2-3 variables from user while running jobs in background

i have KSH shell and AIX server
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Old 11-19-2013
The idea of running jobs in background is because it needs no interaction: typically batches... Wanting an interactive program to run in background is a nonsense...
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