Running Scripts in a background process

[warburp]

Hi

I have created a series of menus to execute korn scripts that run Oracle SQL commands on a database. At the moment it is running the scripts in the foregound 'interactively', which locks the session.

What I want to do is to be able to run these scripts in a background process without any dependancy on the submitting session. This is so you can submit the script and log off or do something else. I have tried using &&, am I on the right track or do I need to do something like an at command?

Thanks for your helpd

Phil.

 

[PHV]

Using && ?
To run command in background, you must end the line with &. Take care of i/o redirection.

Hope This Help, PH.
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[sbix]

If you wish your script will run even you close the session do:
nohup Your_Script_2_run_in_BG > Your_Log_File 2>&1 &