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Article #998Re: XCOPY in the background ? Get OS/2?
From: David James Alexander Hanley
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 06:10
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 06:10
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In article <1jnmd4INNcmn@news.gac.edu>, Anonymous U says: > >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? Yep. detach xxxxx runs xxxxx in the background. Really handy for copying files, doing a MAKE, or even deleting batches of files... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "In every country and in every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in alliance with the despot, abetting his abuses in return for protection to his own" - Thomas Jefferson, 1814 SEND E-MAIL TO : hanley1@earth.eecs.uic.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!usc!rpi!usenet.coe.montana.edu!news.u.washington.edu!raven.alaska.edu!news.acns.nwu.edu!uicvm.uic.edu!u16244 Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 00:10:00 CST From: David James Alexander Hanley <U16244@uicvm.uic.edu> Message-ID: <93022.001000U16244@uicvm.uic.edu> Newsgroups: alt.msdos.programmer Subject: Re: XCOPY in the background ? Get OS/2? References: <1jn040INN95i@flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU> <1jnmd4INNcmn@news.gac.edu> Lines: 24