backgrounding

Scripting for bash screen

I have processes that I background with screen. I'm trying to write a script that attaches to a terminal, executes a couple commands, then detaches. The problem is that when I attach to a terminal, screen directs control to the user. How do I work around this? ...

how to run a python script in the background ?

Hi, I have a script which checking something on my pc every 5 min and I dont want python to show on my tasktray is there any way to make python run in the background and force him not to show in my task tray ? thanks im using windows by the way ...

How to tell if iPhone application was launched by backgrounding or not.

My application uses NSUserDefaults to store some values so that it can restore them on application update or if backgrounding is quit. Backgrounding automatically saves my integer values, but if the user quits the application from the launcher, the numbers are lost too, and the ViewDidUnload method I guess doesn't evoke when entering bac...

iPhone App backgrounding with MPMusicPlayer

Hi, I'm working on an iPhone iOS4 application that incorporates playing music from the user's iPod library. I also want to keep track of what songs have been played and be able to change the song randomly, even while in the background. So I set the music player using: [self setMusicPlayer: [MPMusicPlayerController iPodMusicPlayer]]; ...