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Date:         Thu, 20 Nov 2003 15:57:54 -0500
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU

Shawn,

One way to accomplish this is to have a script call itself using a special
command line parameter.

example:

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#!/bin/sh

COMMAND="$(basename $0)"
CMD_DIR="$(dirname $0)"; [[ $CMD_DIR = . ]] && CMD_DIR="$(pwd)"

function Run_Me {

    <your real code goes here>

}

if [[ "$1" = "__RUN_ME__" ]]; then

    shift

    Run_Me

    exit 0

else

    ${CMD_DIR}/${COMMAND} __RUN_ME__ $@ &

fi
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The prompt will return however it will not be listed in the output of
"jobs"

A simple test of the above is to replace "<your real code goes here>" with
"sleep 600"

Bill Thompson
Sr UNIX Systems Administrator
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Shawn Bierman" <BiermanS@METHODISTHEALTH.ORG>
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.aix-l
To: <aix-l@Princeton.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 2:17 PM
Subject: script backgrounds itself

> Is it possible to run a script that will background itself without me
manually appending "&" or prepending "at now"?
>
> so something like:
>
> #> ./myjob
> [1] +Running myjob &
> #> jobs
> [1] +Running myjob &
> #>
>
> And the prompt returns but the job still runs.
>
> -shawn

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