Bkgnd process that returns immediately

[Phil Davis]

Hi Mark,

One thing you might find helpful is the 'start' Help info. Open a command line 
(aka "DOS") window and at the prompt type:

help start

... or if you want to have the info in a text file type:

help start > my-start-help.txt

(the file will be created in the directory indicated on the prompt line)

HTH -
Phil Davis




Mark Powell wrote:
>   put "start /MAX C:\foo.html > C:\foo.txt" into MyCom	
>   set the hideConsoleWindows to true	
>   get  "start cmd /c"  && quote & MyCom & quote	
>   get shell(it)
> 
> To keep the console window from flashing in the snippet above, Xavier
> responded
> 
> 
>   use "start /b" to hide the window.
> 
> 
> I have tried this, in both line 1 and line 3, and in various ordering.
> But the console still flashes.  What am I doing wrong?  
> 
> What is the entire single line of script with the /b in the recommended
> position?
> 
> Gratefully,
> 
> Mark