Re: put the process running in background

[Tim Prince <tprince at myrealbox dot com>]

John Love-Jensen wrote:
>  you will probably be
> able to get better accuracy, deeper knowledge, and faster answers on a more
> appropriate forum.
>
> To run a program in the background, with the bash shell, you can do this:
>
> myapp &
>
> If you want to run it in the background disconnected from your current
> session (so if you exit your bash shell, the app stays running) you can do
> this:
>
> (myapp &) </dev/null >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
>
>
>   
Beats me why so many systems have begun requiring that </dev/null.  
Maybe I'll get used to it.
Also useful on a linux text-only installation are the screen program, 
and the alt-1 alt-2 etc methods for switching screens.