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<h1>Forget</h1>
<p>The Forget task will execute a set of tasks sequentially as a background
thread. Once the thread is started, control is returned to the calling
target. This is useful in being able to kick off a background server process,
such as a webserver. This allows you to not have to use the <code>parallel</code>
task to start server processes.</p>
<h2>Parameters</h2>
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<th>Attribute</th>
<th>Description</th>
<th>Required</th>
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<td valign="top">daemon</td>
<td valign="top">Should the created thread be a daemon thread. That is,
should the ANT program be allowed to exit if the thread is still
running.</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">No. Defaults to true.</td>
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<h2>Example</h2>
The following code
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<forget>
<exec executeable="${env.CATALINA_HOME}/bin/catalina.bat}">
<arg line="start -security" />
</exec>
</forget>
<waitfor maxwait="1" maxwaitunit="minute"
checkevery="100" checkeveryunit="millisecond">
<http url="http://localhost:8080" />
</waitfor>
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Would start the Tomcat webserver as a background process, then waiting
for the server to become available.
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