Path: utzoo!utgpu!cunews!micor!latour!atronx!orbit!Walt From: Walt@orbit.Amiga.OCUnix.On.Ca (Walt Sullivan) Message-ID: Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: THings I would like to see in the CLI... Distribution: world References: <4487@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> Date: Sun Jan 27 17:18:49 1991 >In article <4487@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> aru@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Sriram Ramkrishna) writes: >I don't know if this has been addressed before or if such a feature actually >exist (I don't own an Amiga so I haven't played around with CLI), but can you >have background tasks?? Yes. > >In Unix you could do a rm * & and then go on to do something else. Can you do >something similiar in the CLI? If you can, can it be done (it should I think), >if not why not? arun delete * quiet works for me (I'm using ARP delete), standard AmigaDOS delete probably wants run delete #? quiet -- Walt Sullivan walt@orbit.Amiga.OCUnix.On.Ca Fido 1:163/109.4 None of what I say is what my employer says, ever! Am I still confused if I'm not, but only THINK I'm confused?