How to run a script using Shell in the background?

[Dar Scott]

On Thursday, March 11, 2004, at 12:32 PM, Kevin wrote:

> Since you are uing the "shell" you can execute the command with the 
> "&" under *NIX ( ps& runs ps without blocking the calling 
> program/shell) and under windows simply use "start" ( start "command" 
> ).

That's it!  That's what I was trying to remember.

Only on OS X,'&' did not work with my named pipe experiments using Rev 
shell().  Perhaps it will work with redirection to files.

Dar Scott