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From: "Siju George" <sgeorge.ml@gmail.com>
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Subject: Closing the terminal results in closing of application started by
	the terminal even if the processes is backgrounded
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Hi,

I started Firefox from an xterm.
Then I pressed <ctrl> +Z
And the I typed bg to background Firefox process.
But when I close xterm firefox also closes.
Why is that?

thanks

Siju