<background> Element

The <background> element is a child of the <execNative> element. When present, this element specifies that the command should be executed as a background process. This element has no attributes or child elements.

An <execNative> with a <background> element has the following constraints:

• <successCriteria> need not be specified. The step succeeds if no issues arise when starting the background process. If specified, the <successCriteria> is tested against the script that is used to run the command as a background process.

• No standard output or standard error output is captured for the executed command.

  By viewing the details in the browser interface, you see an exit status of 0 and the empty standard output and standard error output. However, if problems occurred when starting the native command in the background, a different exit status is shown. The value depends on the nature of the error and diagnostic output.

• The <outputFile> and <errorFile> elements must be specified. If the specified files already exist, they are overwritten.