On Fri, 17 Jun 2011 11:51:17 -0700 suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 9:46 PM, nomnex <nomnex@xxxxxxxxx> 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 <snip> > > the applications. so, the '&' part is superfluous when I pass the > > command in my bashrc file, I guess. > I would like to point out that these things are better placed in your > ~/.bash_profile instead of ~/.bashrc. Why is it better to use the bash_profile instead of ~/.bashrc. -- nomnex <nomnex@xxxxxxxxx> -- 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
