Running a program in the background

[cloverm]

I hope someone will be able to help me with this:

I'm trying to run Java 2 Enterprise Edition (j2ee). If I start if from the command prompt, it starts up, but never gives back the command prompt. I can connect to it from my browser, so I know that it's running. If I do a Ctrl-C, I get the command prompt back, but of course j2ee stops running. I tried to start it as a bootup service from init.d, but it just hangs up the boot process after it starts.

How can I make it that it runs in the background as a daemon? (I read the freaking manual, but there is no word about this issue.)

[scanez]

Use & after the command?

[cloverm]

Use & after the command?

That did it, thank you! You're my hero! :-*

BTW. What does the & do?

[pam]

Ctrl-Z (to stop the process) followed by "bg" (to run it in the background) will also work if you forget to run it in the background in the first place (which is what the "&" does).

Um, I think you scared off scanez with your smiley

[cloverm]

Um, I think you scared off scanez with your smiley

;D

[scanez]

Um, I think you scared off scanez with your smiley

Oh no, the smiley was much enjoyed

And yes, & means "start in the background"