Silent (shell-command)

[Marcelo de Moraes Serpa]

Hi list,

Is there a way to run a shell-command without emacs creating any kind of output buffer when it's completed? I've tried using "&" but the buffer just changes to "Async Output Buffer". I'd just like emacs to silently run the command in the background, preferably without blocking. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance,

- Marcelo.