Can a Bourn Shell Script put itself in the background?

[Polytropon]

On Fri, 5 Jun 2009 13:02:00 -0600, Chad Perrin <perrin at apotheon.com> wrote:
> . . . or use tmux instead of GNU Screen, if you like.
> 
> I got the impression this question was about a script backgrounding
> itself, though -- possibly creating a daemon using bash.

Maybe using detach (from ports) is a solution. It let's you
decouple a program from the controlling terminal session, so
it can be run in the background even if you logged off.



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