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2008-12-14 , 16:50
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Originally Posted by tso View Post
i was told on #maemo that having the xterm window open would not allow the system to idle correctly. so, how hard would it be to turn the logging into something that can allow that?
putting the & at the end of the command (i.e.
battery-status -d 10 > /media/mmc1/battery.log &) sends it to the background and you can close the terminal safely without killing the logging.

did I misunderstood you? isn't this what you're asking?
Last edited by Saturn; 2008-12-14 at 16:53.