From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 6 16:16:31 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3833106564A for ; Sat, 6 Jun 2009 16:16:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f214.google.com (mail-bw0-f214.google.com [209.85.218.214]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A1CF8FC08 for ; Sat, 6 Jun 2009 16:16:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: by bwz10 with SMTP id 10so55091bwz.43 for ; Sat, 06 Jun 2009 09:16:30 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:reply-to:in-reply-to :references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=V/Fzu7MOBr9dw/As1TK0P0nUb9ao66e/WBDeKeF8A74=; b=E6DqBYoJUcUsNfYP1ctToKRCvlPep6yPL1jq4NuwRIZ53gDUaz5mQasjaEZCd73lFv XahfeYC/hcouETK5gXASoZW0JKiNMjQiw5ANHStm5bAtxXJ/49kLF1Z07I+21bb7DS41 2SftF6k7Fo9tMJ3tFjnvOelwhCb95JPLE1Pkk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=PLgjYj/bQsk1aTwsTKdWp2FRq7VHOBcCJ8A+RScY+kFXbP7v5zZrSilasehBtA/gy8 s3A1pbCvjj3D8lorT3Borp5vHLVAQ8tvvuxpKbdZ5F9A4qzZF3a91mDOe0uC44uBYRHF doxtk9uhQuyS6Em0hgkNNLt3ABb6cwiqboQKQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.52.146 with SMTP id i18mr4458108bkg.33.1244304990146; Sat, 06 Jun 2009 09:16:30 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <200906061210.n56CAl8e018383@dc.cis.okstate.edu> References: <200906061210.n56CAl8e018383@dc.cis.okstate.edu> From: Chris Rees Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2009 17:16:10 +0100 Message-ID: To: Martin McCormick Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 Reply-To: utisoft@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 06 Jun 2009 16:16:32 -0000 2009/6/6 Martin McCormick : > 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 -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in a mailing list?