Re: How to run a process without a controlling terminal?

From: Dan Espen (daneNO_at_SPAM.mk.telcordia.com)
Date: 01/26/05 

Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 11:35:59 -0500

Scott Simpson <ssimpson@visionsolutions.com> writes:

> 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?

In a terminal:

(sleep 2 && runcommand &) ; exit

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