Birt, Jeffrey wrote: > I tried both: > gedit & > gedit >/dev/null 2>&1 & > > Both would give me back the console window, which I could then close but > it still killed the process. >Try: >$ nohup gedit >/dev/null 2>&1 & >Paul. _____________________________________________________________________ Cool that works too! Jeff Birt Electronics Engineer Integrated Systems Facility University of Missouri - Rolla 573.341.6058