Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!lll-crg!lll-lcc!qantel!hplabs!hpda!dmsd!polyslo!trwrba!cepu!dowdy From: dowdy@cepu.UUCP (Dowdy Jackson) Newsgroups: net.micro.pc Subject: Background ?? (What's this bkgrd stuff ??) Message-ID: <518@cepu.UUCP> Date: Mon, 24-Feb-86 23:23:50 EST Article-I.D.: cepu.518 Posted: Mon Feb 24 23:23:50 1986 Date-Received: Sun, 2-Mar-86 18:58:23 EST References: <1549@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> <2884@ut-ngp.UUCP> <1590@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> <296@omen.UUCP> Reply-To: dowdy@cepu.UUCP (Dowdy Jackson) Organization: VA Wadsworth Med. Center; LA CA Lines: 16 I have been reading several articles that have talked about running things in the background. I am curious about this . First, I would like to know how one goes about running something in the background on a machine that has only one CPU ?? Secondly, is it really running in the background, (ie UNIX) or does the process stop until it is accessed ?? If there is anyone out there who can answer this PLEASE send me E-mail and if anyone else is interested I will gladly send you the responses I receive..... Thanks in advance.... Dowdy Jackson UCLA Department of Neurology UCLA School of Medicine " Free up the land !! "