Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:58:37 +0100 From: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: Siju George <sgeorge.ml@gmail.com>, freebsd list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Closing the terminal results in closing of application started by the terminal even if the processes is backgrounded Message-ID: <20080823225837.38fbf81c@tau.draftnet> In-Reply-To: <20080823160326.7b19f81c.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <b713df2c0808230106l38e4a715rd26b0bab3f36df20@mail.gmail.com> <20080823160326.7b19f81c.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:03:26 +0200 Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > In order to prevent firefox from being closed when the starting > terminal session is closed, start it via > > % firefox & > > It will then eventually put status messages to this xterm, but > the shell is free again to accept commands. > > Another possibility would be to use detach (from the ports), but > this program is usually used when you want to keep running a program > after you've logged out. There's also nohup(1) which I think does the same thing. -- Bruce Cran
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