[Wine] Run program as background job

James McKenzie jjmckenzie51 at earthlink.net
Sat May 2 20:18:11 CDT 2009


btopia wrote:
> I have a program test.exe , which is purely text-mode. 
>
> I tried to run it like
>
>    wine test.exe >& /dev/null &
>
>
> However, the program is suspended.
>
> Is there anyway I can put the program in the background running?
>
>   
Is this a Windows program or a Dos program?

If it is DOS, you might want to look at dosbox and try using it.

If it is a Windows program, it may require more than what you are trying
and placing it in the background will suspend it.

James McKenzie





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