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Subject: Re: Writing programs for background tasks
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Date: 20 Aug 90 09:51:24 GMT
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In article <3066@orbit.cts.com>, bga@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Bruce Albrecht) writes:
> I want to have a program start up from the CLI, but after it has started, I
> want the CLI to be able to terminate, even though the program has not
> completed.  How can I do this?  Is it documented in the RKM's or in any of
> the Amiga programming books?
> 
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   When you want to write a program that lets you close the CLI, you can use
CreateProc(), which is a great way to do it, because the user doesn't need to
issue a run command.