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Name: alexander block
Date: January 24, 2002 at 01:55:06 Pacific
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hi,

is there a chance to start a shell script out a running one that is then not waiting for the new one to be finnished and continues?



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Name: James Boothe
Date: January 24, 2002 at 07:08:23 Pacific
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An ampersand at end-of-line will launch the process in the background, allowing the launching script to proceed:

#!/bin/sh
script2 &
echo 'script1 continues ...'


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