[Remind-Fans] RUN bash file hangs remind

[Dave Parker]

That worked, thanks

I have no programming training, sorry - there's so much to learn, so little
time.

I have noticed that unix people don't like spaces in filenames - not sure
why, but I must just be tainted by my previous windows experience :-O



On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 11:37 AM, David F. Skoll <dfs at roaringpenguin.com>wrote:

> On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 11:33:38 -0700
> Dave Parker <cedardocster at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > If I have this in my remind file:
>
> > REM Mon Wed Fri RUN "/home/david/morning work prompt.sh"
> > rem fri msg this is friday
>
> > the "this is friday" reminder won't pop up until the "morning work
> > prompt.sh" script has fully completed.
>
> Well, yes... what were you expecting?  If you don't want that, put an
> & at the end of the command:
>
> REM Mon Wed Fri RUN "/home/david/morning work prompt.sh" &
>
> (filenames with spaces in them on a UNIX system.... eeewww....)
>
> Regards,
>
> David.
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