I want to run a command in background using commands module in python. How do I do that?
<pre><code>import commands
path = '/fioverify.fio'

cmd= "/usr/local/bin/fio" + path + " "+ " &amp;"
print cmd
handle = commands.getstatusoutput(cmd)
</code></pre>

<p>This fails. If I remove <code>&amp;</code> it works. I need to run a command (<code>/usr/local/bin/fio /fioverifypath</code>) in the background. Any pointers on how to accomplish this?</p>
