Re: How to "start" in RedHat

["M.Hockings" <veeshooter hockings net>]

Rick Stevens wrote:

> M.Hockings wrote:
>
> > Michael Ault wrote:
> >
> > > There is the nohup command or to run in background use
> > > the "&" suffix for the command line.
> > >
> > > # nohup runthis
> > >
> > > or
> > >
> > > # runthis &
> > >
> > > Mike
> > >
> > > =====
> > > Michael R. Ault
> > > Senior Technical Management Consultant
> > > TUSC -- The Oracle Experts WWW.TUSC.COM
> > >  
> > Thanks Michael,
> >
> > The '&' did the trick !
>
>
> Keep in mind the differences between "nohup", "bg" and "&".
>
> "nohup" runs the program in the background and redirects its stdout and
> stderr output streams to a "nohup.log" file in the current directory.
>
> "bg" (available in the bash shell) allows a current foreground program
> to be moved to the background, stdout and stderr remain directed at the
> current terminal.
>
> The "&" suffix launches the program in the background with stdout and
> stderr directed to the current terminal
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Rick,

Thanks for the extra explanation, what would you recommend as a good 
reference for this sort of thing.  I tried googling for it but terms 
like "nohup" didn't come to mind when thinking "start" ;-)  An online 
ref or a good book if you know of one you would recommend.

I tried the nohup after reading Michael's note but the console still 
seemed to be suspended (i.e., I could not enter further commands) and 
the '&' suffix seemed to get around this.  This is trying to start 
Seti Home at startup.  I have a wee script that basically contains the 
lines below and was attempting to launch it at startup time. Since I'm 
already trying to discard the stdout and stderr output I presume that 
the '&' will be fine.   BTW, Without the '&' it is a wee bit distracting 
for it to start and hog the console thus stopping the startup process.  
But I was able to overcome that without even begging the list's 
assistance -- what is the next step beyond Linux newbie ?  newbie++ 
maybe ?? 

cd seti-home-dir
./setiathome -nice  > /dev/null 2> /dev/null

Kind regards,

Mike