Returning Control to the Command Line (like a daemon)
Hi all,
I looked through about 20 of the messages on the forum about daemons, but none of them seemed to address my specific question, which is, I would like to run my java class from the command line, have the main thread start up several other threads, and then have the main thread exit in such a way that it returns me to the command line and works in the background.
Now, I don't even know this is possible, from what I know of Threads, the JVM is going to continue as long as those background threads are processing... but any one have a suggestion to help me get my overall goal?
Kenny
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kennysmith] at [2007-9-27 16:49:22]
> Hi all,
>
> I looked through about 20 of the messages on the forum
> about daemons, but none of them seemed to address my
> specific question, which is, I would like to run my
> java class from the command line, have the main thread
> start up several other threads, and then have the main
> thread exit in such a way that it returns me to the
> command line and works in the background.
>
That is part of the OS and the command shell that you use.
> Now, I don't even know this is possible, from what I
> know of Threads, the JVM is going to continue as long
> as those background threads are processing... but any
> one have a suggestion to help me get my overall goal?
If you are creating a java thread then a JVM will always have to be running. So there is no possible way for the JVM to exit.
