On 01 May 2002 09:02:03 -0500 Bret Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quietly intimated:
> On Wed, 2002-05-01 at 08:31, Cesar Moya wrote: > > Hello everyone: > > > > Suppose I run a program under the bash shell from the > > console in KDE or GNOME using a command like this > > > > $ kedit prog1.c & > > > > If I kill the console (using the mouse) from which I issue > > that command, the process "kedit" also gets killed!!!). > > > > However, if I do the same using the csh shell, I do not > > have that problem. (the console is killed but not the > > process "kedit"). > > > > Why the bash shell cannot keep that process running? > > it can but sending it to the back ground with & does not thell it to > ignore the hangup signal sent to child processes when the console > dies. Try > > nohup kedit myprog.c & > > see if that has the expected results. > > <editor war> or of course use a real editor. gvim detaches itself > from the parent so neither & nor nohup are needed </editor war> :) > > seriously, I have never used kedit it may bee the coolest thing since > the hard drive for all I know. I missed the original post. But I tried it with kedit and it's working flawlessly here. I agree with using an editor designed for the purpose, though I might disagree on which is best suited for such things. (8^0) -- Make yourself at home. Clean my kitchen. _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
