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> The question was, how can I send a process to a shell and not have
> MetaCard wait for it to finish? This particular shell process (compiler)
> takes over 6 hours to complete, I'd really rather not stare at a "watch"
> for six hours.
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If MC won't return control to your script until the process it starts is
completed, maybe you could add one more level of abstraction *outside* MC.
Create a process that plants a 1-second timer in unix, and the timer launches
your 6-hour process. Then launch the timer process from MC.
I'm making assumptions about unix... please forgive my ignorance if my
suggestion is impossible. I'm a PC/Mac person primarily.
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