Re: Bash Question

[Robert Citek <rwcitek@alum.calberkeley.org>]

On Monday, Sep 20, 2004, at 18:25 US/Central, Harold Crouch wrote:
> When I open a graphical application from the xterm prompt, the
> application is coupled to the xterm window. Closing xterm closes the
> application, whether I want it to or not.  I know that there is a
> switch that I can add to the xterm command that will uncouple xterm
> from the application.  I've been up and down the BASH man page about
> three times now and It isn't jumping out at me.  Would anyone know
> this switch off the top of their head?

I believe you are looking for 'nohup'  Try this and see if it works for 
you:

$ xeyes &
$ exit

xeyes should go when the xterm closes.  Now try this:

$ nohup xeyes &
$ exit

The xeyes should still be there.

Let us know if that worked for you.

Regards,
- Robert
http://www.cwelug.org


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