From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 23 11:01:02 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99A84106566C for ; Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:01:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dickey@saltmine.radix.net) Received: from saltmine.radix.net (saltmine.radix.net [207.192.128.40]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E9228FC17 for ; Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:01:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dickey@saltmine.radix.net) Received: from saltmine.radix.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by saltmine.radix.net (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id m7NB10h6012387; Sat, 23 Aug 2008 07:01:00 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from dickey@localhost) by saltmine.radix.net (8.12.2/8.12.2/Submit) id m7NB105i012385; Sat, 23 Aug 2008 07:01:00 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 07:01:00 -0400 From: Thomas Dickey To: Siju George Message-ID: <20080823110100.GA10445@saltmine.radix.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Cc: freebsd list Subject: Re: Closing the terminal results in closing of application started by the terminal even if the processes is backgrounded X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:01:02 -0000 On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 01:36:32PM +0530, Siju George wrote: > I started Firefox from an xterm. > Then I pressed +Z > And the I typed bg to background Firefox process. > But when I close xterm firefox also closes. firefox still gets a SIGHUP since its controlling terminal is that xterm. (if it's suspended, that doesn't appear to change anything). -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net