Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 07:01:00 -0400 From: Thomas Dickey <dickey@radix.net> To: Siju George <sgeorge.ml@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Closing the terminal results in closing of application started by the terminal even if the processes is backgrounded Message-ID: <20080823110100.GA10445@saltmine.radix.net> In-Reply-To: <b713df2c0808230106l38e4a715rd26b0bab3f36df20@mail.gmail.com> References: <b713df2c0808230106l38e4a715rd26b0bab3f36df20@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 01:36:32PM +0530, Siju George wrote: > I started Firefox from an xterm. > Then I pressed <ctrl> +Z > And the I typed bg to background Firefox process. > But when I close xterm firefox also closes. firefox still gets a SIGHUP since its controlling terminal is that xterm. (if it's suspended, that doesn't appear to change anything). -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net
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