On Fri, 2002-09-06 at 11:39, daniel wrote: > i understand how to put a command in the background by putting an '&' on the > end, but it seems that this doesn't separate the command from that xterm. > > for example, i ssh into machine (b) from machine (a) and run: > > # safe_mysqld & > [1] 18208 > # Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql > > # exit > > then i exit the prompt and i /should/ get back machine (a)'s prompt but > instead, i get a blank screen. if i log back into machine (b) fron another > xterm and kill the process, the original xterm returns to machine (a)'s > prompt. > > isn't there a way to completely separate a process from an xterm? >
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