begin: William Kendrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quote
> On Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 02:28:17PM -0700, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> > i stupidly started a long process in an xterm. i'd like to shut down X, but
> > don't want to lose this process.
>
> Couldn't you ^Z and then "bg" it? (I assume it's a console process)
argh. i was pretty sure it would die when the controlling pty died. but i
just did a test with a toy shell script. you're right. it didn't die.
heh. how embarrasing. thanks for setting me straight, bill. clearly,
somebody has been putting lsd in my coffee this morning...
pete
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