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Date:      Sat, 6 Jun 2009 17:16:10 +0100
From:      Chris Rees <utisoft@googlemail.com>
To:        Martin McCormick <martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Can a Bourn Shell Script put itself in the background?
Message-ID:  <b79ecaef0906060916k167944bsf140a33821ae908b@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <200906061210.n56CAl8e018383@dc.cis.okstate.edu>
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2009/6/6 Martin McCormick <martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu>:

> This also works in Linux's /bin/sh which I believe is an alias
> for bash so occasionally little things work differently.
>

Usually is, but in some it's linked to dash.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DashAsBinSh

Also, you should ONLY use POSIX-compatible commands/extensions in
/bin/sh scripts, or you cause breakage on many systems (including the
BSDs).

Chris


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