[GRASS-dev] running commands in background

[Hamish]

> I know that if you launch a command by only typing the command name
> (no arguments) followed by Œ&¹, you can get the command gui to launch
> modally. Then this command can process while you launch another
> command.
>
> 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?
> 
> I¹ve tried... 
> 
> [command] [arguments] &
> r.what input=precip_9400 east_north=749204,3614262 &
> 
> and this doesn¹t seem to work.

It proably did, just hit enter a bunch of times as the prompt is getting
clobbered by the first module's output? (redirect output?)

GRASS> g.command [arguments]
^Z
GRASS> bg

is another way.



Hamish