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From: ries@trwrba.UUCP (Marc A. Ries)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Summary: Eliminating PID#
Message-ID: <1857@trwrba.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 25-Feb-86 12:32:26 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 25 12:32:26 1986
Date-Received: Thu, 27-Feb-86 03:45:41 EST
Reply-To: ries@trwrba.UUCP (Marc A. Ries)
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[LE]

Thanks for all your responses concerning eliminating  the  return
of  the  Process ID number when a program is placed in background
via "&" and *sh*.  Basically, all the solutions work.  I did  end
up  changing  the  program  code because the message I wanted was
going out via "stderr" (and thus would be lost if you  redirected
it to /dev/null, etc.).

Here's a quick summary of the responses:

    From: jwp@sdchem.UUCP

	#! /bin/csh -f
	(nice myprog &)

    From: wtm@bunker.UUCP

        Call this shell  script  "run_back".  This  script  would
        just  contain:  myprog&  Then  in your .profile, just run
        "run_back" (NOTE:  Do NOT run this in background).

    From: edler@cmcl2.UUCP

       sh -c 'command&'.

    From: sean@ukma.UUCP 
  
  	forkit myprog  # <-- use a front-end "fork"ing program

    From: sdcrdcf!allegra!mp

        ... [if] using stderr, not just stdout.  Try
	(checkmail 2>&1 &) 2>/dev/null

    From:ihnp4!oliveb!jerry

        ... if the program is always run in the  background  then
        it could place itself there. [i.e.:] if (fork()) exit(0);