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How to run a Windows command as a background job like Unix ?

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Anonymous   12-20-2004 at 05:42:26 AM

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To all,

Is it possible to run a command under the Win XP commnad prompt as a background job

In unix, it should be "COMMAND &"
but how to do it in Windows?

Thanks!

From Jason (Kusanagihk)

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Anonymous   12-20-2004 at 08:29:11 PM
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Hi Jason,

See if the information in this thread helps:
Subject: Silent .bat/.cmd file (no window)
http://groups.google.co.in/groups? [...] 11.phx.gbl

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To all,

Is it possible to run a command under the Win XP commnad prompt as a background job

In unix, it should be "COMMAND &"
but how to do it in Windows?

Thanks!

From Jason (Kusanagihk)

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badmuthahubbard   06-01-2008 at 08:37:23 PM
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In case anyone has this problem in future, I finally found out the solution. The START command in Windows command line allows you to start another command window running any command; and the /B option can start the command without the extra command window, so you get similar behavior to Unix's background processes. Look it up for more details.

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petricag   04-13-2009 at 02:38:53 PM
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Have a look here for a much essayer and cleaned solution to run bat files without any windows in the background !
http://antisystem.info/?p=269

Hope this helps !

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