Spawn subshell for SSH and continue with program flow

Question

I\'m trying to write a shell script that automates certain startup tasks based on my location (home/campusA/campusB). I go to University and take classes in two different ca

Answer 1

You may want to try to double background myProg2 to detach it from the tty:

# cf. "Wizard Boot Camp, Part Six: Daemons & Subshells",
# http://www.linux-mag.com/id/5981
(myProg2 &) &

Another option may be to use the daemon tool from the libslack package:

http://ingvar.blog.linpro.no/2009/05/18/todays-sysadmin-tip-using-libslack-daemon-to-daemonize-a-script/