Launching a cli server as background process in OSX

[David Bovill]

Thanks Francois - but this is not the issue as the shell function works in
that the server is launched via:

*put shell ("hugo server")*


The issue is that as the shell command runs until you forcibly exit - the
Livecode handler freezes and no other scripts or user actions can run - so
I want to run the server in the background.
See thee links for tutorials that I've looked into for how to run bash
scrips in the background:

   - https://www.one-tab.com/page/Ti44-ap4R--XpgYnFYBoqA


On Wed, 31 Jul 2019 at 21:16, mines-imap via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> If i remember correctly, shell() launches a new shell environment. It is
> possible that your executable is not in the current PATH. I have had this
> problem to execute pdftex from livecode.
> Best regards
> François
>
> > Le 31 juil. 2019 à 17:24, David Bovill via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> a écrit :
> >
> > I have a server that I would like launch from Livecode. I've tried
> shell(),
> > launch, open process, and then creatign bash scripts ending with "&" or
> > using screen... no joy so far...
> >
> > In the terminal I run:
> >
> > hugo server
> >
> > and a little go server runs and does it's magic. But try as I can
> nothing I
> > do let's me launch the server from Livecode - without the script waiting
> > for the never ending process to end and interface freezing.
> >
> > Was about to launch into the world of tmux, or trying Applescript :( Any
> > ideas?
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