DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING!!!!!
thanks Frank McClean , This worked!!!!!  (now can I get it into
INITTAB????)

As you said I did:

%vi strtsched
"strtsched" [New file]
#!/bin/ksh
start_sched O
dsmc sched > /dev/null 2>&1 &
trap start_sched O
exit
~
"strtsched" [New file] 5 lines, 79 characters

root@ucbackup2-on-[/]
%chmod +x strtsched

root@ucbackup2-on-[/]
%strtsched
strtsched[2]: start_sched:  not found.

root@ucbackup2-on-[/]
%ps -ef|grep dsmc
    root 17296     1   0 17:20:51  pts/1  0:00 dsmc sched
    root 20032 18642   2 17:20:57  pts/1  0:00 grep dsmc

Joseph A Faracchio, Systems Programmer, UC Berkeley
 Private mail on any topic should be directed to :
   joef AT socrates.berkeley DOT edu

On Wed, 9 May 2001, McClean, Frank wrote:

> Put this in a file and execute the file as root:
>
> #!/bin/ksh
> start_sched O
> dsmc sched > /dev/null 2>&1 &
> trap start_sched O
> exit
>
>
> This is from Curt Schriever at IBM support. IC26843 for AIX4.3.3
> You may get a false error stating that "start_sched not found",
> but the scheduler will stay running when you exit.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dearman, Richard [mailto:rdearm1 AT UIC DOT EDU]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 3:14 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: AIX Help
>
>
> I am trying to run the "nohup dsmc sched 2> /dev/null &" command on my AIX
> 4.3.3 machine and it works but every time I exit.  It says "There are jobs
> running"  so I exit again and whe I check the dsmc sched process is not
> running.  I thought the nohup command was suppose to let process run even
> after you logout.  What am I doing wrong.
>
> Thanks
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