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background() {
local pidfile="$1"
local logfile="$2"
shift; shift;
echo $BASHPID > "$pidfile"
exec "$@" >"$logfile" 2>&1
}
(background /path/to/my.pid /path/to/my.log my_program --my=options my arguments) &
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