why run a Linux shell command with &?
- by George2
I am using Red Hat Linux Enterprise version 5. Sometimes I notice people run command with a couple of & options. For example, in the below command, there are two &-signs. What are the function of them? Are they always used together with nohup?
nohup foo.sh <parameters to specific the scripe> >& <log_file_name> &
thanks in advance,
George