Xref: utzoo comp.unix.programmer:1216 comp.unix.questions:29136 Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!munnari.oz.au!mel.dit.csiro.au!latcs1!wongm From: wongm@latcs1.oz.au (Mun C Wong) Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmer,comp.unix.questions Subject: background process Message-ID: <9649@latcs1.oz.au> Date: 3 Mar 91 09:41:54 GMT Followup-To: poster Organization: Comp Sci, La Trobe Uni, Australia Lines: 9 Can anyone tell me how can we write a program that runs in the background without using 'command &' format , ie a pure C program that has the same effect as the one above ? I appreciate for people who can e-mail me some info since I am a new beginner who try to learn about some system programming in the UNIX environment , thanks in advance ! - wongm