Re: How to know if a perl script is put in the background

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Re^2: How to know if a perl script is put in the background by rapide (Beadle) on Nov 18, 2008 at 16:58 UTC
Normally I would do that, but I'm creating scripts that is used by non-technical personnel. Their ability to find the '>' sign on the keyboard is limited :-)	[reply]
Re^3: How to know if a perl script is put in the background by Illuminatus (Curate) on Nov 18, 2008 at 17:12 UTC
But typing shift-7 is so much harder than shift-. :) In the interest of simplicity, why don't you provide wrapper shell for the background: `#! /bin/bash realProgram $* &> /dev/null &` [download] Then they don't have to mess with any of those pesky non-alphanumerics at all :)	[reply] [d/l]