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From: stadt@cs.utwente.nl (Richard van de Stadt)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.shell
Subject: exit value
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Date: 12 Nov 90 10:02:48 GMT
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How do I get the return value of a shell script or program that was 
started (from a shell script) in the background?

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R.R. van de Stadt (Richard)
Email: stadt@cs.utwente.nl