On Fri, 2006-02-17 at 14:19, azeem ahmad wrote: > > > > the & doesnt seem to work with a scrip > when i run > ./dicom -v & it works in its ordinary manner and captures the prompt :( It is still reading input from the terminal connection it inherited and will send output and errors there. You need to redirect stdin, stdout, and stderr from/to appropriate places if you don't want that. You might also want to run it with 'nohup' so that signals are ignored and it keeps running if you disconnect. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
