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PostPosted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 8:35 pm    Post subject: Run (alternative to "command &") Reply with quote

There was one program I missed for a very long time. A program that could execute programs so that they weren't attached to the shell that executed them. I always closed those windows and lost the running application. I found the "command &" method quite buggy, so when i heard of the fork() command, I created a simple program for it. Feel free to use it, feel free to improve it, feel free to ignore it. ;)

Code:
#include <iostream>

int main(int argv, char** argc)
{
        if (argv < 2)
        {
                std::cout << "Usage: " << argc[0] << " \"command\" [\"command 2\" ...]" << std::endl;
                return 1;
        }
        for (unsigned int i = 1; i < argv; ++i)
        {
                if (fork())
                        std::cout << "Executing " << argc[i] << "..." << std::endl;
                else
                        return system(argc[i]);
        }
        return 0;
}


I use it daily, and I hope others will have use for it to. :)
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 10:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Tried screen yet ? It's the best thing since sliced bread. It makes apps detachable, multiplexes (up to 10 virtual terminals) etc.
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 12:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Also, "command & disown -h" will allow you to keep the application after you close the shell.
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 10:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

VincenzoVega wrote:
Tried screen yet ? It's the best thing since sliced bread. It makes apps detachable, multiplexes (up to 10 virtual terminals) etc.
Yeah, I use screen, but when I start my computer i usually run "run amsn skype" etc. I don't want to assign a screen for that, I just want it to run...

Syque wrote:
Also, "command & disown -h" will allow you to keep the application after you close the shell.
I didn't know of that one, seems useful, but not as fast as the "run command"...
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 4:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dralnu proposed dtach, here. It looks good but I had no time to try it today.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 6:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Also, there is 'nohup' ('no hangup') from coreutils:
Code:
nohup xeyes &> /dev/null &
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 8:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

In ZSH, you can also use '&!' instead of '&' to imply disown.
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 10:38 am    Post subject: Re: Run (alternative to "command &") Reply with quote

Sheri255 wrote:
A program that could execute programs so that they weren't attached to the shell that executed them. I always closed those windows and lost the running application. I found the "command &" method quite buggy, so when i heard of the fork() command, I created a simple program for it. Feel free to use it, feel free to improve it, feel free to ignore it. ;)

It's really nice to see some code on here, so thanks for that. But yeah, man nohup, disown or screen; if you're not sure of what to use for something, come and ask in #bash or #friendly-coders on irc.freenode.org. (#bash are a bit grumpy;)
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I use it daily, and I hope others will have use for it to. :)

dtach is more for your own programs. Now if only you used C.. ;P
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 3:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You can use "exit 0" to close the shell without closing any windows opened in it.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 10:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

lolc wrote:
You can use "exit 0" to close the shell without closing any windows opened in it.

I think that would mean any apps that aren't disown'ed/nohup'ed would close.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 10:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

steveL wrote:
lolc wrote:
You can use "exit 0" to close the shell without closing any windows opened in it.

I think that would mean any apps that aren't disown'ed/nohup'ed would close.


I tried this in Debian.

$ gcalctool &
$ exit

gcalctool is closed.

$ gcalctool &
$ exit 0

gcalctool is not closed.
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 5:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Similarly, closing the shell with Ctrl-D also leaves child processes open.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 3:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You're right lolc! Wow, never knew that, very handy. CTRL-D works too as you said, Nate_S. (I tested with kwrite file &) Thank you, both :-)
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