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<FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Here is a question I’ve just run into as part of our agent modeling project.<BR>
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I know that if you launch a command by only typing the command name (no arguments) followed by ‘&’, you can get the command gui to launch modally. Then this command can process while you launch another command.<BR>
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Is there any way to get a command launched from the command line (i.e., with arguments) to run in the background so that you can launch another command from the command prompt?<BR>
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I’ve tried... <BR>
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[command] [arguments] & <BR>
r.what input=precip_9400 east_north=749204,3614262 &<BR>
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and this doesn’t seem to work.<BR>
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Michael<BR>
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Michael Barton, Professor of Anthropology<BR>
School of Human Evolution & Social Change <BR>
Center for Social Dynamics and Complexity<BR>
Arizona State University<BR>
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