Back ground execution pauses

2003-08-14 Thread Dan Jones
What causes some scripts (such as the POPFile Beysean filter written in Perl) to require an ENTER keypress when run in the background? In other words, running ./script.pl & the program executes but the command prompt does not reappear until you press the ENTER key. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Back ground execution pauses

2003-08-14 Thread Johann Koenig
On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 20:34:37 -0400 Dan Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What causes some scripts (such as the POPFile Beysean filter written > in Perl) to require an ENTER keypress when run in the background? > > In other words, running > > ./script.pl & > > the program executes but the comma

Re: Back ground execution pauses

2003-08-14 Thread Dan Jones
On Mon, 2003-08-11 at 21:01, Johann Koenig wrote: > On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 20:34:37 -0400 > Dan Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What causes some scripts (such as the POPFile Beysean filter written > > in Perl) to require an ENTER keypress when run in the background? > > > > In other words, ru