Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 14:43:37 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> To: echo dev <echo_dev@hotmail.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: C ???? Message-ID: <20020530214337.GW17045@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <F269bpH71yEXUIEAOeI00011e92@hotmail.com> References: <F269bpH71yEXUIEAOeI00011e92@hotmail.com>
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* echo dev <echo_dev@hotmail.com> [020530 13:17] wrote: > I am coding a scheduler. It is going to paste a msg to the screen after a > certain time. How might i run this in the background? I tried just casting > it into the background with the name& but it did'nt work. I need it to > asked the questions and then put it self into the background. If someone > could give me some liks to some docs I woould be vary grateful.. Have your program ask questions, then fork a child process, then have the parent exit, it will effectively detach. -- -Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org] 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology," start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.' Tax deductible donations for FreeBSD: http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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