Top "Background-process" questions

A background process is a computer process that runs "behind the scenes" (i.e. in the background) and without user intervention.

PHP Path for shell_exec() to call PHP file

I'm trying to use shell_exec() and having hard time understanding how to use it. I referred to this page: …

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Run parallel Invoke-WebRequest jobs in PowerShell v3

Running simultaneous background jobs in PowerShell in pretty straightforward, but I cannot seem to get it working with the new (…

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Hangfire .NET Core - Get enqueued jobs list

Is there a method in the Hangfire API to get an enqueued job (probably by a Job id or something)? …

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How to configure Background App Refresh using Swift?

I have following function to download JSON data in my SeachVC (UIViewController) which works perfect. func downloadJSON(){ guard let url = …

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Running a background process in container during one step in docker build

I'd like to run integration tests of an app during docker build. These tests require a Redis server being available. …

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iOS11 watchdog timeout crashes (0x8badf00d) but code not on stack

I am debugging user reports of our app repeatedly exiting while in the background starting in iOS11, even during active …

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iOS how to reconnect to BLE device in background?

There are many related questions but (apparently) no answers. SO... My iOS app does get updates from my BLE device …

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Continue countdown timer when app is running in background/suspended

I have a functional countdown timer. The problem is that I need to continue the countdown when the user puts …

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Start or ensure that Delayed Job runs when an application/server restarts

We have to use delayed_job (or some other background-job processor) to run jobs in the background, but we're not …

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Background spawned process in Expect

I'm using expect to start an application on my server: #!/usr/bin/expect set timeout -1 spawn "bin/start-all.sh" …

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