GO(8)

NAME
go - run a job in the background, notifying you when it finishes.

SYNOPSIS
go [-q] command [args]

DESCRIPTION
Go Runs a process in the background, niceed into oblivion, and notifies you when it's done. If you do not redirect input and output, input is redirected to /dev/null while output and error output is written to the files stdout and stderr in the current directory. When go finishes, it will tell you by beeping your terminal bell and writing Go just finished! to your terminal. If you logged out before go finishes, or if you use the -q option, you will not be notified.

BUGS
Go actually is two processes; the process you're running and a watchdog that waits for it to finish so it can alert you. If you're short on resources, or are stuck on a system with a fascist administration, this may not be the utility to use.

AUTHOR
David Parsons - orc@pell.chi.il.us

SEE ALSO
daemon(8)