Hegedüs wrote:
If you fork() your process, then it will also loose the tty...
Um, no, fork() doesn't do that, as far as I know.
os.setsid()
*This* is what's losing the tty. According to the Fine Man Page: DESCRIPTION The setsid function creates a new session. The calling process is the session leader of the new session, is the process group leader of a new process group and has no controlling terminal. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -- Greg -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list