Shell command doesn't give feedback until done

J. Landman Gay jacque at hyperactivesw.com
Thu Jun 2 21:15:45 EDT 2005


On 6/2/05 4:23 PM, Brian Yennie wrote:

> Agh, sorry- I obviously missed the point of the thread.
> 
> Add an ampersand after your command:
> 
> get shell("mycommand > mylogfile.log &")
> 
> Voila, a "backgrounded" process that returns immediately.

Oh cool. I will go try it. I have a use for this. :)

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