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From: jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: csh background processes
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Date: 4 Mar 91 01:31:42 GMT
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In article <9103011918.AA23374@geech.ai.mit.edu>, has8wwa@CABELL.VCU.EDU writes:
|>      Is it possible to, in csh, start a background process, while supressing
|> the usual notification that the process was started.

  Put it in parentheses.  Observe:

	% echo foo &
	foo
	[1] 17727
	[1]    Done                 echo foo
	% (echo foo &)
	foo
	% 

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