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From: krowitz@mit-kermit.UUCP (David Krowitz)
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Subject: Re:  SR9.5 bug (or am I mistaken)?
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Date: Thu, 20-Aug-87 11:28:08 EDT
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This is strange ... typing the command line

     LCNODE>OUTPUT&
seems to work on my SR9.5.1 nodes. A process
with a UID number is created, runs a short
while, and the file OUTPUT apears in my
directory with the output of the LCNODE
command in it. I also tried running a shell
script which compiles a program in this
manner, and it worked just fine.

You might want to try using the BATCH program
from the ADUS library for running stuff in the
background. It's a little more flexible than
the '&' shell command -- the process will keep
running when you log out, you can specify which
node to run on, it keeps a log file of the
output, etc. I can mail you a copy of the
Pascal source for BATCH if you like.


                                   -- David Krowitz

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