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From: Jez Hancock <jez.hancock@munk.nu>
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Subject: Re: How do i redirect tty output?
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On Sat, May 03, 2003 at 07:16:34AM +0000, Mack Lobell wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> i want ro run the command "portupgrade -aF" in the background, but i always 
> end up in suspended state. I have tried different redirect operators but no 
> luck. Currently i'm using tcsh.
> 
> example:
> prompt# portupgrade -aF >& /dev/null &
Have a go with:
prompt# (nohup portupgrade -aF >& /dev/null) &

I think this should work (although you might need to enclose the
trailing '&' inside the brackets as well).  Also you might not even need
the 'nohup' here because effectively the command is running in it's own
'forked' environment (though I may be wrong:).

Have a play, try starting something less volatile than portupgrade
(sleep 100 for example?), logging out, logging back in and seeing if
it's still running.

Good luck,
Jez