I'm sure this is a silly question

[Birt, Jeffrey]

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.
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Cool that works too!

 
Jeff Birt
Electronics Engineer
Integrated Systems Facility
University of Missouri - Rolla
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