From: smueller AT microsoft DOT com (Stephan Mueller) Subject: RE: 'nohup' in nt? 11 Dec 1997 16:33:37 -0800 Message-ID: <60602D8F29B3D011879800805FD4722401749F5A.cygnus.gnu-win32@red-11-msg.dns.microsoft.com> To: "'daniyal syed'" , Tim Newsham Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Start /b will start the application without creating a console window for it. This does not mean the process won't go away when you logout. To do what you want, I believe you should be investigating running your process as a service. Services are a little bit special, but the NT Resource Kit includes a program called srvany.exe which can be used to run any process as a service. (For some definition of 'any.') stephan(); > -----Original Message----- > From: daniyal syed [SMTP:dsyed1 AT umbc DOT edu] > Sent: Thursday, December 11, 1997 5:43 AM > To: Tim Newsham > Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com > Subject: Re: 'nohup' in nt? > > > > start /b program.exe > > On Wed, 10 Dec 1997, Tim Newsham wrote: > > > > > This is more of a general NT question than a cygwin question. > > How can I start a program (a cygwin program in this case) while > > logged in to an NT machine that will not get killed off when > > I log out of the machine? Is it possible to do as a normal user? > > How about as the administrator? > > > > Tim N. > > - > > For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message > to > > "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help". > > > > > > Daniyal Syed. > > dsyed1 AT umbc DOT edu > dsyed1 AT right DOT ml DOT org > http://www.gl.umbc.edu/~dsyed1 > > - > For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to > "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help". - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".