kill xterm kills app!

[duncan brown]

(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
>
>
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