Yes, and I won't say how long it took me to remember I had to make the script executable before it would actually execute! Thanks for the help, Jeff -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Leaf Sent: Wed 4/6/2005 4:15 PM To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: I'm sure this is a silly question On Wednesday 06 April 2005 16:09, Reuben D. Budiardja wrote: > On Wednesday 06 April 2005 16:55, Birt, Jeffrey wrote: > > I'm sure this is a silly question, but..... > > I have an application that is started by a script in .kde/Autostart. > > When this app is started a console window appears, if the console window > > is closed the app stops. I know, duh! (of course the same thing happens > > when you launch it manually from a console window) (BTW, it's a helper > > app for MetaVNC that handles clipboard functions) > > Put an ampersand after your command to run it in the background. For > example, you can type this in console: > > gedit & > > Now if you close the console, gedit will still be running. > > RDB > -- > Reuben D. Budiardja > Dept. Physics and Astronomy > University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN And this goes to show that for every prequalified "silly/dumb" question there are quite a few folks who would like to know but either didn't think to ask or chose to not ask. Thanks for asking! :-) Now I know. Something I always forget to ask. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
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