Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Oct 07, 2007 at 11:38:12AM +1000, Aníbal Monsalve Salazar wrote: >> Package: wnpp >> Severity: wishlist >> Owner: Anibal Monsalve Salazar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> Package name: detach >> Version: 0.2.3-1 >> Upstream Author: Robbert Haarman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> URL: http://inglorion.net/software/detach/ >> Description: >> This command forks a new process, detaches it from the terminal, and >> executes a given command in it. This can be used for starting >> processes that don't terminate when the controlling terminal does. > How is this different from 'nohup' or screen?
I would add: "How is this different from 'detachtty'?" which IMHO does exactly the same thing... -- S. Y. A(R). A.