BACKGROUND(1)

NAME
background - run program without waiting for it

SYNOPSIS

background {subprogram} {args...}

DESCRIPTION

background runs subprogram as a child process (not a process group leader) and then exits without waiting for subprogram to finish.

HISTORY

background was originally part of Daniel J. Bernstein's ptyget toolset in 1996.

AUTHOR

Original code and documentation by Daniel J. Bernstein. Documentation modernizations by Jonathan de Boyne Pollard.