Re: How to run a process without a controlling terminal?
From: Chris F.A. Johnson (cfajohnson_at_gmail.com)
Date: 01/26/05
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Date: 26 Jan 2005 04:03:37 GMT
On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 at 03:12 GMT, Scott Simpson wrote:
> Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 at 02:40 GMT, Scott Simpson wrote:
>>> I want to test if a script of mine works in an environment without a
>>> controlling terminal. Is there any way to run a command with the
>>> TIOCNOTTY ioctl turned on without writing a C program? I guess I can
>>> write a C program that does this and do a fork/exec but I'd rather not.
>>> Can I close /dev/tty in the shell somehow or run a command to do it?
>>
>> Would using at (or a cron job) work?
>
> That would probably do it. Guess I'll try. Pretty silly just to get rid of a
> controlling terminal.
You could use a function (or a separate script):
noterm()
{ ## USAGE: noterm COMMAND [OPTIONS] [ARGS]
printf "%s\n" "$@" | at now
}
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