Date: Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:28:19 +0300 From: Nikos Vassiliadis <nvass9573@gmx.com> To: Martin McCormick <martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can a Bourn Shell Script put itself in the background? Message-ID: <4A27DA03.1060400@gmx.com> In-Reply-To: <200906041406.n54E6Fts006668@dc.cis.okstate.edu> References: <200906041406.n54E6Fts006668@dc.cis.okstate.edu>
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Martin McCormick wrote:
> So, can I make a shell script background itself after
> starting?
You could run all your code in a sub-shell:
#!/bin/sh
(
#your script here
) &
or in a shell function:
old_script()
{
#your script here
}
old_script $* &
Perhaps the second way requires less code
re-factoring...
Nikos
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