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Subject: Re: Hide Terminal window (using xfce4. and 7.2-RELEASE)?
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On Fri, 3 Jul 2009 18:28:29 -0400, Randy Pratt <bsd-unix@embarqmail.com> wrote:
> I'm not familar with MATLAB but you may find ports/sysutils/screen
> helpful.  See http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/ for more
> information.  I use it for starting some programs in a detached
> mode but they can be reattached at any time.

There's a tool called "detach" included in the ports. It allows you
to start a process and then keep it running independent of the
existence of its starting shell or your login shell.



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Polytropon
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