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# 1  
Old 11-14-2007
Parameters and background
Hello everyone,
can you advice on how to execute a script passing parameters to it as well as requesting it to run in the background?
It seems that my last character of the command line (& for background execution) gets taken in as an additional parameters and the job runs in the foreground.
Thanks
# 2  
Old 11-14-2007
Sure.

Code:
some-command some arguments &

# 3  
Old 11-14-2007
A follow up to porter
Porter,
when I type :

scriptname param1 param2 param3 &

this statement executes the script named scriptname in the foreground even though I have the &.
It seems to think the & is param4 for the command.
Any idea?
Thanks!
# 4  
Old 11-14-2007
What shell are you using?
# 5  
Old 11-14-2007
Porter,
tcsh
# 6  
Old 11-14-2007
What platform?

Are you using some strange character set?

What interface/terminal etc are you using?

Can you paste exactly the command here?
# 7  
Old 11-14-2007
Porter,
I am running on AIX unix 5.3.0.0-5
it starts up in ksh, I enter tcsh to get into my c shell.
From there I run my script abc.ksh passing parameter PROD and Y .
the execution line is :
%abc.ksh PROD Y
The first line of the script is:
#! /bin/ksh
This runs fine in the foreground.

Now if I do this:
%abc.ksh PROD Y &
the script abc still runs in the foreground .... should I escape the &?

Any other script which does not need params executes in the background when it gets invoked and & is given at the time of execution.

I do not think is a terminal or character set issue.


Thanks!
 
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