From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Thu Jun  4 14:29:49 2009
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD390106564A
	for <questions@freebsd.org>; Thu,  4 Jun 2009 14:29:49 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from nvass9573@gmx.com)
Received: from mail.gmx.com (unknown [213.165.64.42])
	by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 317CD8FC12
	for <questions@freebsd.org>; Thu,  4 Jun 2009 14:29:49 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from nvass9573@gmx.com)
Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 04 Jun 2009 14:29:47 -0000
Received: from ipa213.94.91.tellas.gr (EHLO [192.168.254.1]) [91.140.94.213]
	by mail.gmx.com (mp-eu002) with SMTP; 04 Jun 2009 16:29:47 +0200
X-Authenticated: #46156728
X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/7lxxONl77d5VxmQE4JrMrA7U4nZn0fIJyqIGHHc
	f8jFqgqqN7rgg9
Message-ID: <4A27DA03.1060400@gmx.com>
Date: Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:28:19 +0300
From: Nikos Vassiliadis <nvass9573@gmx.com>
User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302)
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: Martin McCormick <martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu>, questions@freebsd.org
References: <200906041406.n54E6Fts006668@dc.cis.okstate.edu>
In-Reply-To: <200906041406.n54E6Fts006668@dc.cis.okstate.edu>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0
X-FuHaFi: 0.6899999999999999
Cc: 
Subject: Re: Can a Bourn Shell Script put itself in the background?
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:29:50 -0000

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