<p>In bash the ampersand (&amp;) can be used to run a command in the background and return interactive control to the user before the command has finished running. Is there an equivalent method of doing this in Powershell?</p>

<p>Example of usage in bash:</p>

<pre><code> sleep 30 &amp;
</code></pre>

I've used the solution described here
http://jtruher.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!7143DA6E51A2628D!130.entry
successfully in PowerShell v1.0.  It definitely will be easier in PowerShell v2.0.