BASH parameter

Forum: Programming and Scripting
Topic: BASH parameter
started by: HolgerW

Posted by HolgerW on May 24 2006,08:43

Hi,
When I call e.g. xmms from shell, the shell is blocked until xmms is closed. I know there is a parameter in bash which I have to add to free the shell already before closing the called program. I forgot it can you please help me?

Thanks,
Holger

Posted by skaos on May 24 2006,10:02

Adding "&" at the end of the line, e.g: xmms &