Ummm, This is the second time I've seen this bit of advice on a list, and it don't work for me....
My testing method... I'm on a Win98 laptop at the mo, and I putty (ssh) into a Linux box, type 'nohup vi &' and the task is now in the list when I type jobs... But if I drop the ssh session, while watching from another ssh session it disappears. It certainly can't be hup'd, as kill [pid] doesn't work on it, but it doesn't survive bash closing (it's parent). Last time I tried it I was using an console on a LTSP setup (runlevel 3, not 5), and did a nohup vi &. hit the power button on the terminal, and powered up again... No sign of my vi. Just curious.. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeremy Bertenshaw" > Heres a good tip, use: > > nohup application & > > Keeps it going if you accidentally close your xterm > or logout :-). > > jeremyb
