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Old 04-29-2010, 12:35 PM   #1
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How to start a background process?

What triggered this idea is that my DR800 didn't go to standby/sleep mode last night by itself. All I have been reading is PDF.

It should be useful to keep a record of running processes when the device is on, so that we can at least guess which program/process is preventing the device from auto-standby.

The code can be as simple as:

processlog.sh
Code:
#!/bin/sh
while [ 1 ]
do
  date >> p.list
  ps >> p.list
  sleep 600
done
Can the program shortcut then run the processlog.sh in the background, just by adding "&"?

And will it resume when the device comes out of standby?

I will give it a try....
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Old 04-29-2010, 04:16 PM   #2
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OK, here is what I got:

First, you don't need the "&" at the end of the .desktop file. See attached file.

Second, the program will show a "please wait" window for about 30 seconds, then goes back into the background.

Third, it seems to work (to some extent) for me. See the p.list (inside p.zip, cannot upload p.list?) file attached.

One thing I don't understand is somehow this program/script got killed after several minutes. Any ideas?
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