Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 21:39:41 -0800 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net> To: Matt Rudderham <matt@researcher.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Putting a Process Into Background Message-ID: <20001210213941.U96105@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com> In-Reply-To: <NDBBLEKOOLGIBFPGLFEKKEBECKAA.matt@researcher.com>; from matt@researcher.com on Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 10:01:42PM -0400 References: <NDBBLEKOOLGIBFPGLFEKKEBECKAA.matt@researcher.com>
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On Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 10:01:42PM -0400, Matt Rudderham wrote: > Hi, > I was wondering how to put a process that initially requires some imput, but > then will run on its own into the background to free up the terminal. It's a > setiathome process, as well as another similar one. People have pointed out that you just need to use 'bg' with your scheme below. However, you mention setiathome. setiathome only requires user interaction the first time it is started. There is no user interaction after this point. If you install setiathome from the ports there is a really nice startup script that will run it for you at boot time. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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