Running bash commands in the background properly

Re:Running bash commands in the background properly by 0942v8653 on Sunday December 07, 2014 @06:31AM (#8711903)

Wouldn't it be better to simply do

    "$@" "${FD[@]" &

And also remember to

    alias ds='ds '

to enable alias expansion.

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Re:Running bash commands in the background properly by felixmc on Sunday December 07, 2014 @12:28PM (#8712860)

would you mind explaining why that might be better?

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Re:Running bash commands in the background properly by 0942v8653 on Monday December 08, 2014 @03:47PM (#8719075)

It avoids a call to eval, which is always good. It's also a bit simpler.

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