On Wed, 2004-04-28 at 17:21, duncan brown wrote: > (xclock &) & > > not sure what it's called, but that works. i used to knwo the name, but > i've become old and stupid. > > -d > > Jay Daniels said: > > If I open a terminal and run a program in the background using the "&" > > when I close the terminal the program gets killed. > > > > xclock & > > x out of terminal kills xclock! > > > > How do I prevent this? > > > > > > jay > > > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > -+(duncan brown > -+(duncanbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > -+(http://www.linuxadvocate.net > > () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail > /\ o - against microsoft attachments > > Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy > evidence of the fact. > -- George Eliot > > nohup xclock & ;)