Hello,

I have write a small script a .sh file
I satrt it in the phone using mobileterminal.
My problem is that when I push the home butom to go in other app, the script stop working. I would like to have it still running when I go in other app.
How can I do this, is there other way to have my small script running when I work on the Iphone. Maybe I must do something other than a script .sh ???
Help is welcome.
Thanks

you need to put a "&" at the end of your script's name when you call it. This will dissociate it from your terminal session and it will run till it finishes, you restart or you kill it. So if your script's name is "foo.sh", you would type

foo.sh &

That space before the "&" is intentional. Be careful - if your script goes haywire you won't know unless you know about ps or top ( hint: try typing "man top" in mobileterminal)

Really a big big thanks.
Yes I know about ps and kill.
Thanks very much

You might need to use the unix command "nohup" It stops processes from being killed when a shell exits.

Ex.

nohup sh foo.sh &

(that is, if nohup is installed on the iPhone. I'm not sure if its a shell command or an executable. Maybe it's part of csh? I don't remember....)

Ahhh... yes. There is a nohup command on the iPhone. Probably gets installed as part of the BSD subsystem.

(If you want to know precisely what it does, check the man page on your Mac or Linux box)

-vfxdude