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thanks for reading my op. :) this spawns a child process, not a full process

Azsgy
– Azsgy

2013-09-14 22:39:30 +00:00
Commented Sep 14, 2013 at 22:39
Perhaps I'm not understanding your question. Can you give an example when this does not satisfy your requirements?

unutbu
– unutbu

2013-09-15 00:42:39 +00:00
Commented Sep 15, 2013 at 0:42
This opens a child process. If the parent process exits with code 0 it is fine, but when I kill it in another way, like closing the terminal, it quits the child process too

Azsgy
– Azsgy

2013-09-15 10:57:05 +00:00
Commented Sep 15, 2013 at 10:57
That's odd. If I use command = 'ls -lRa / > /tmp/out', I can run the script, close the terminal, open a new terminal and ps axu | grep ls shows ls -lRa is still running.

unutbu
– unutbu

2013-09-15 12:13:12 +00:00
Commented Sep 15, 2013 at 12:13

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