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- From: jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Jagielski)
- Subject: Re: question on "&"
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- References: <1992Jul28.073403.3530@u.washington.edu> <1992Jul28.122936.3374@alf.uib.no>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 11:47:31 GMT
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- buboo@alf.uib.no (Ove Ruben R Olsen) writes:
-
- >Shu-Chen Eclipse writes:
- >>I'm a crass beginnier in unix: I know "&" means something like start a
- >>process running in the background, I guess, something like vms's "run/detached";while browsing through some scripts, I saw a line something like
- >>(/../.../some file name &)&.
- >>
- >> what does the 2 "&" mean?
- >>thanx in advance,
-
- >Like some of us have already stated in a previous message from you,
- >reading the excelent fine manual (RTEFM) for your shell will reveil
- >it's secret in large.
-
- Ohh... I guess using the comp.unix.questions newsgroup to ask Unix-related
- questions is a bad idea.
-
- Expect all future questions to this newsgroup to be answered as such:
-
- "Read the manuals"
-
- Geez...
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- Jim Jagielski NASA/GSFC, Code 734.4
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