>>>>> "Erik" == Erik Steffl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

    Erik>   nohup, I think you can also set up the shell not to kill
    Erik> children when it exits (start command in background (append
    Erik> & at the end of command line) or background it while it
    Erik> works, usually ctrl-z to stop it, bg to make it continue in
    Erik> background)

zsh (probably bash too, but not sure) also has a detach command.

So you can detach a shell job from the shell.

Once you detach a process you can't put use the fg or bg commands on
it anymore.
-- 
Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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