On Fri, 2011-06-17 at 13:46 +0900, nomnex wrote: > On Thu, 16 Jun 2011 23:46:39 -0430 > Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > The '&' is not part of the command. It's an instruction to the Shell > > to run the command in the background. See any beginner's guide to any > > Unix/Linux shell (sh, csh, bash, ksh, zsh, ...) for more information. > > Ah, that, and ^Z to send the app in the background, or $bg/$fg + PID. I > have seen that, but I don't usually use the shell to launch the > applications. so, the '&' part is superfluous when I pass the command in > my bashrc file, I guess. Careful. If the command doesn't terminate, the shell executing the bashrc will just keep waiting for it. Fortunately in this case the command does terminate after setting the keymap so no problem. poc -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
