Running a script in the background on Unix

Expect

Posted on 2005-06-21 16:22:28-07 by tglines

Why is it, a script using the Expect module will not function if run in the background?

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Posted on 2005-06-22 08:41:12-07 by rgiersig in response to 641

Re: Running a script in the background on Unix

This probably has something to do with stdin/out and/or the controlling terminal. I'm not sure. You could try to close /dev/tty and/or stdin in your application and see if that helps.

Sorry that I cannot be of more help.

Roland

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