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$ updatedb
Which ties up your terminal for 10-20 minutes. Is it possible to do this in the background and still be able to use the terminal?
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#1
Posted 07 April 2008 - 04:07 PM
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In SSH or the terminal is it possible to execute a program in the background? For instance:
Which ties up your terminal for 10-20 minutes. Is it possible to do this in the background and still be able to use the terminal?
Which ties up your terminal for 10-20 minutes. Is it possible to do this in the background and still be able to use the terminal?
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Posted 08 April 2008 - 03:59 AM
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Use the & key. Example:
This will execute the process in the background and send messages to your terminal.
$ updatedb&
This will execute the process in the background and send messages to your terminal.
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Posted 04 July 2008 - 06:15 AM
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So the & forks it, so to say, and makes it a new process?
