From: lhall@rfk.com (Larry Hall) Subject: RE: bash and '&' 29 Mar 1998 03:33:11 -0800 Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19980324104619.009e7510.cygnus.gnu-win32@pop.ma.ultranet.com> References: <8B40B8756FA1D111BCB900A02495E24F0154CA@Neptune.xstor.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Bob McGowan , Alexei Podtelezhnikov Cc: gnu-win32@cygnus.com I found "nohup" in the b19 distribution directory H-i386-cygwin32/bin. I haven't tried it to see if it works but its there, for me anyway... Larry At 03:55 PM 3/23/98 -0800, Bob McGowan wrote: >A quick check of the tools in the cygwin bin shows that the tool needed >for this is not there - either just not done yet or may not be possible >to do given the differences in UNIX and NT. > >Also, note that the & is how background processes are run in UNIX >shells, but is not enough to assure that the program will continue to >run after logging out (at least for most systems). On a UNIX system you >need to either use the "nohup" command or otherwise handle the hangup >signal generated by most UNIX systems when the modem disconnects. I >have no idea how this might be done on an NT system. > >---- >Bob McGowan >i'm bobmcgow at xstor dot com >Storage Dimensions, Inc. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Alexei Podtelezhnikov [mailto:aqp1022@is.nyu.edu] >Sent: Thursday, March 19, 1998 2:01 PM >To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com >Subject: bash and '&' > > >I want to leave a simple program running after quiting the shell, and >even logging off. It's done under unix by adding '&'. I failed to do >this using cygwin32. Is it supposed to behave the same way under >cygwin32? What should I do? > >Thanks. >Alexei > >- >For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message >to >"gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help". >- >For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to >"gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help". > > - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".