Chavdar Ivanov --> netbsd-help (2006-01-31 16:37:23 +0000):
> try
> 
> ( sleep 30 >/dev/null 2>&1 & ) >/dev/null 2>&1
> 
> but then you have to find the pid of the sleep process... $! is no good.

Unfortunately that's exactly why I can't do this: I need to be able to kill the sleep process before it returns.


Regards, Jukka

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