From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 30 07:24:28 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA21009 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 30 Oct 1998 07:24:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from finsco.com (ns1.finsco.com [205.241.191.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id HAA21004 for ; Fri, 30 Oct 1998 07:24:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from billh@finsco.com) Received: from finsco.com by finsco.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id JAA11085; Fri, 30 Oct 1998 09:19:17 -0600 Message-ID: <3639D9C5.701A92FD@finsco.com> Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 09:22:45 -0600 From: Bill Hamilton X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5b2 [en] (WinNT; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Memphisto CC: "Ralf.Luettgen" , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: running processes afer logout References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG If you were running a Korn shell, the children WILL die. This really sucks if it an important process you really want to run. I always start csh before kicking off a process that needs to finish. Never trusted NOHUP. In answer to you question, "normal behavior" depends on the shell you are using. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message