[vdr] how to reccmds.conf in background

[C.Y.M]

Simon Baxter wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> I've written a script which encodes vdr files into an avi file, and is
> called from the reccmds.conf menu.
> 
> Problem is, it ties up the system until the script has completed, which
> can be a very long time.
> 
> I gather the command executed must complete and output from the command
> gets sent to the OSD.  I was hoping to get reccmds to call the script in
> the background and then use svdrp to send status messages to the OSD.
> 
> The cutinplace script manages this, but my C programming isn't up to the
> task!
> 
> How can I get a command called in reccmds to execute in the background??
> 

echo "your command" | at now

Regards.