Re: nohup usage

[Scott Barron <sb125499@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, May 30, 2002 at 10:13:12AM -0500, Jay Hesselberth wrote:
> I've just done the bash --> zsh transition, and I like zsh except for
> one thing (right now).
> 
> I run a fair amount of things in the background, and I'm sick of
> forgetting to type 'nohup' before starting processes, and sick of not
> being able to exit the terminal I started the process in, b/c it will
> kill the process.
> 
> Is there to trap calls like 'start-program &' to be called under nohup?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jay
> 
> -- 

Jay,

This bugged me at first too but you can do 'start-program &!' and you'll
be able to exit your terminal.  Or if you happen to just 'start-program
&' you can use 'disown' to accomplish the same thing.  That's my
solution anyway.  Hope it helps.

-Scott