Re: exiting a program without terminating
On Thursday 16 August 2001 04:40, Chris Bensler wrote:
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> Hi all,
>
> Can anyone tell me how I could execute a program and exit it without
> terminating the application?
> Yeah, I know about TSR's, but I'm hoping there is an easier way.. or does
> that mean threading?
>
> Or... is it possible somebody could explain to me how to implement a TSR.
> I have Ralph Browns interupt list, but it is pretty difficult to follow. I
> understand the majority of it, but I have troubles with the data structures
> that need to be passed.
> Using the segment and far addreses confuses me completely.
> Also, all the TSR interupts that I found in the interupt list seemed to be
> all dos interupts, is this right?
> Is there a different method of setting up a TSR for Linux?
Linux is a true multi-tasking os. Chances are there are 50 to 100 tasks
running on yours right now. There's no need TSR's. Just run your
program with a '&' following the name, and it will run in the background,
leaving you with an immediate prompt so you can do something else.
example: exu factorial &
returns:
[1] 7643 -- < 1 is the job (for this user) , 7643 is the process number.
Type fg 1 to bring that job back to the screen.
A TSR would be little use on Linux (or Windows) since you don't have
access to the hardware. So that rules out things like watching
for a certain keypress in your TSR, and doing something with it.
> I could probably get away with just setting up an interupt handler, but
> that is just as confusing as TSRs. I've looked at the demos for interupts
> that came with EU, but they weren't too helpful.
What is it you are trying to do?
Regards,
Irv
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