Re: [SLUG] Simple Newbie Questions

[Jeffrey Borg <jeffrey@nospam.borgs.net>]

On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, Matt wrote:

> Thanks Terry, actually that reminds me .. I run a program (such as xmms or 
> licq) from gnome-terminal or similar with the & extension, for example "licq 
> &" and then when i'm finished using the term i'd like to close it but the 
> programs i've executed from it close with it .. how can I prevent this from 
> happening ?
> 
> Regards, Matt

Don't close the Xterm with the window managers close button

type exit or put a EOF in there (That's CTRL + d)

then those forked off programs will not close on you

Jeff


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