to anyone who can assist
i apologize in advance for what may be a very trivial question.
i am using Version 5.1 Release 1 for Linux 2.0.31 : 1999.
in the manual it states that if you want a BATCH job to be placed
into the background you enter as follows
Splus BATCH file.in file.out &
however the following URL suggests that when running under unix
the & is not needed, see at
http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/sscc/pubs/7-11.pdf
i have tried entering without the & and a unix prompt is returned
which suggests that the job is running in background ie BATCH
appears to automatically place the job in the background, under
UNIX anyway (apparently Splus BATCH file.in file.out is
equivalent to R BATCH file.in file.out &).
however what i would like to know is if the job is really in the
background in the same way in which unix will place a job in the
background using &, ie, will the job respond to all unix commands
accordingly used to manipulate jobs which are in background.
just checking to see if anyone has had any experience with this in
the past.
thanks in advance
andrew
Dr AST Czarn
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