& suffix doesn't start background process in XP

Bash for MS Windows

Brought to you by: bithexe, cvjb, matysiak, mfaascenit

Milestone: v0.1

Status: wont-fix

Owner: Joerg Matysiak

Labels: win-bash (11)

Priority: 5

Updated: 2016-11-18

Created: 2013-04-03

Private: No

do_something & spawns do_something as a background process (in a new process anyways) on Windows 8
do_something & does nothing in XP

Christian V. J. Bruessow - 2016-11-18

Win-bash is no longer under active development. So I am sorry, but we have to close this as a wont-fix.

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