[ale] Running cmd in background

[gary at edisoninfo.com (Gary S. MacKay)]

Issue the command and put a & after it. For example: /updatedb &



On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, Patrick wrote:

> Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 20:30:32 -0400
> From: Patrick <patrick at thechilders.net>
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: [ale] Running cmd in background
> 
> how can a run a program in the background from the command line?
> Sort of like a daemon.
> 
> Thanks
> Patrick
> 
> 
> 
>