>>>>> "Erik" == Erik Steffl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Erik> nohup, I think you can also set up the shell not to kill
Erik> children when it exits (start command in background (append
Erik> & at the end of command line) or background it while it
Erik> works, usually ctrl-z to stop it, bg to make it continue in
Erik> background)
zsh (probably bash too, but not sure) also has a detach command.
So you can detach a shell job from the shell.
Once you detach a process you can't put use the fg or bg commands on
it anymore.
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Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>