Re: Background Process by Ampersand

[John Aldrich]

On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, SoloCDM wrote:
> While I was in X, I started a background process with an ampersand. 
> When I left X, the process was terminated.  How can I keep the process
> running without the dependency of the terminal?
> 
Try prepending "nohup" such as "nohup ping www.yahoo.com." I just
tried it in a console window and shut down the console window. It was
still going according to the process list.
        John


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