--- svn/softsqueeze/SlimProtoLib/src/squeezeslave/squeezeslave.c	2007-04-13 09:46:55.000000000 -0400
+++ patch_bkg/squeezeslave.c	2007-05-19 10:50:39.000000000 -0400
@@ -42,8 +42,10 @@
 	char *slimserver_address = "127.0.0.1";
 	int output_device_id = -1;
 	char c;
-	int i;
+	// Dr C -- Added backgnd as flag if squeezeslave should be backgrounded -- 1=yes, 0=no
+	int i,backgnd;
 	
+        backgnd = 0;
 	while (1) {
 		static struct option long_options[] = {
         	{"help", 	no_argument,       0, 'h'},
@@ -56,18 +58,23 @@
 	    /* getopt_long stores the option index here. */
 	    int option_index = 0;
      
-	    c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "hd:m:o:",
+	    c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "hbd:m:o:",
     	                 long_options, &option_index);
 	
+	    // Dr C -- On Ubuntu for ppc, c is 255 if there are no arguments
+	    // Strange, but works.
 	
-		if (c == -1)
+		if (c == -1 || c == 255)
 			break;
 			
 		switch (c) {
 		case 'h':
 			fprintf(stderr, "help ... todo\n");
 			exit(0);	
-			
+		//  Dr C -- Added (another) undocumented switch -- 'b' if process to be run in background 
+		case 'b':
+		        backgnd=1;
+                        break;
 		case 'd':
 #ifdef SLIMPROTO_DEBUG        
 			if (strcmp(optarg, "slimproto") == 0)
@@ -145,8 +152,15 @@
 		exit(-1);
 	}
 
-	getc(stdin);
-
+	// Dr C -- If backgrounded, go into infinite loop
+	if (backgnd == 1) {
+	  fprintf(stderr,"Backgrounding. . .\n");
+	  for ( ; ; )
+	    {sleep(5000);};
+	} 
+        else {
+	  getc(stdin);
+	};
 #if 0
 	int ch = getc(stdin);
 	// This does not work on all platforms and I don't have time to sort it out right