Re: Back ground execution pauses
On Mon, 2003-08-11 at 21:01, Johann Koenig wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 20:34:37 -0400
> Dan Jones <ddjones@riddlemaster.org> wrote:
>
> > What causes some scripts (such as the POPFile Beysean filter written
> > in Perl) to require an ENTER keypress when run in the background?
> >
> > In other words, running
> >
> > ./script.pl &
> >
> > the program executes but the command prompt does not reappear until
> > you press the ENTER key.
>
> The prompt is there. Try typing 'ls' and pressing enter.
You're correct. So what suppresses the display? Not all commands or
scripts do this.
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