Re: [MLUG] Help with computing project

[Jonathan King <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Thu, 6 Sep 2001, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:

> Jonathan King wrote:
> >
> >
> > Presumably okay to invoke it as "./darts-client &"?
>
> That's fine, but that & is redundant because the first thing the program
> does it to place itself into the background.

Yes, I just noticed that...sorry, I forgot to use the source. :-)

> Incidently, after starting the program, maybe you should type "top"
> just to see that it is working.  If it is consuming a sizable portion
> of CPU time, then it is working.  If it is in "poll" mode or something
> like that, then it has been unable to establish communication with the
> server computer.

Yup; it's an excellent spinner of cycles on an unused box.

jking


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