Re^5: Execute by order

...at its simplest, by changing command to command &.

However, by just doing the above, the backgrounded command will suspend if it needs to write to either device 1 or device 2 (STDOUT/STDERR in perl parlance), or read from device 0 (STDIN), so command is usually rewritten as command >file 2>&1 & to send all output from stdout and stderr to file.

If you don't care about output from either stdout or stderr, the frequently seen idiom - command >/dev/null 2>&1 & - is used.

A user level that continues to overstate my experience :-))

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Re^6: Execute by order by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Aug 13, 2009 at 14:06 UTC
...at its simplest, by changing `command>/c> to <c>command &` The equivalents on Win* are: `start command` `start command > file 2>&1` `start command > nul 2>&1` Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. RIP PCW It is as I've been saying!(Audio until 20090817)	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^7: Execute by order by Bloodnok (Vicar) on Aug 13, 2009 at 14:11 UTC
TFT BrowserUk , `start` looks familiar, but the *NIX-like re-direction syntax ? Is it/has it been recently introduced ? A user level that continues to overstate my experience :-))	[reply] [d/l]
Re^8: Execute by order by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Aug 13, 2009 at 14:47 UTC
but the NIX-like re-direction syntax ? Is it/has it been recently introduced ?* No. It's been in `cmd.exe` for the last 16 years! And it() was in `command.com` for under DOS for 10 years or more before that. My memory doesn't recall whether it was a part of DOS v1.0, I think you may have had to wait until v1.25 circa. 1983. ()Albeit a somewhat broken implementation that used files rather than memory for the transfer buffers. Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. RIP PCW It is as I've been saying!(Audio until 20090817)	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^9: Execute by order by Anonymous Monk on Aug 14, 2009 at 06:32 UTC
Re^10: Execute by order by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Aug 14, 2009 at 07:36 UTC
Re^10: Execute by order by Anonymous Monk on Sep 16, 2009 at 08:01 UTC