[NTLUG:Discuss] put a process in background.

[Bug Hunter]

  try 

 exec ./scriptname

  and make sure script begins with something like

#!/bin/bash


bug

On Thu, 1 Nov 2001, Fred James wrote:

> Say I want to spawn a shell in background (stupid, but I am trying to 
> keep this simple)
> 
> If I do it from the command line, this works:
> $> sh &
> but if I put that (sh &) is a script (sh) I get:
> ./scriptname: sh &: not found
> 
> What is going on here, and how can I get around it?
> Any suggestions?
>