shell() not waiting - not hiding

[Frank D. Engel, Jr.]

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Some Windows programs (and even some UNIX apps anymore) detach 
themselves from the tty from which they were launched; this would most 
likely result in Rev returning early, even while the app is still 
running.

On Apr 3, 2005, at 3:13 PM, Dar Scott wrote:

>
> On Apr 3, 2005, at 10:00 AM, MisterX wrote:
>
>> You can start a shell with the "start" (see start /? or /help) DOS 
>> command
>> to make the shell return directly to runrev right away but you will 
>> not get
>> an answer back - you need to pipe it to a file instead which is not 
>> that
>> hard to watch and catch later...
>
> If the application is writing to the console instead of to stdout, 
> then this might not work.  Maybe there is a way to ask the console 
> window for data.  Or maybe there is a switch to control output.
>
> Piping might be a good way to check the output hypothesis.
>
> Dar
>
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Frank D. Engel, Jr.  <fde101 at fjrhome.net>

$ ln -s /usr/share/kjvbible /usr/manual
$ true | cat /usr/manual | grep "John 3:16"
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten 
Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have 
everlasting life.
$
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