Can a Bourn Shell Script put itself in the background?

[Chris Rees]

2009/6/6 Martin McCormick <martin at dc.cis.okstate.edu>:

> This also works in Linux's /bin/sh which I believe is an alias
> for bash so occasionally little things work differently.
>

Usually is, but in some it's linked to dash.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DashAsBinSh

Also, you should ONLY use POSIX-compatible commands/extensions in
/bin/sh scripts, or you cause breakage on many systems (including the
BSDs).

Chris


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