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Article #994Re: XCOPY in the background ? Get OS/2?
From: Anonymous U
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 02:33
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 02:33
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John Villalovos writes DOS-programs > >in the background (multitasking), so I can work in the foreground with another > >program. (like in UNIX: 'command &' runs 'command' in the background) > >I would prefer a unit or program in Pascal or a already compiled program. > > Get OS/2. But does OS/2 have a feature like 'command &' in UNIX, so you don't have to switch to another shell window to do something else? -- "Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And when you look long into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you." -- Nietzsche
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