kill xterm kills app!
Kevin Chan-Henry
kch1 at dsl.pipex.com
Thu Apr 29 00:58:13 UTC 2004
The parenthesises execute the encapsulated commands in a subshell.
duncan brown wrote:
>Austin Isler said:
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>>>>>(xclock &) &
>>>>>
>>>>>not sure what it's called, but that works. i used
>>>>>to knwo the name, but
>>>>>i've become old and stupid.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>AMPERSAND!!!!!
>>
>>
>
>i know what the & symbol is called, you can't be a sysadmin for 7+ years
>without learning that one. i don't remember what encapsulating a commanmd
>within the (parenthesis) is called, it has a specific name.
>
>-d
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