On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:03:26 +0200 Polytropon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
