From:	raf AT comdyn DOT com DOT au (raf)
Subject:	Re: bash and '&'
26 Mar 1998 18:25:46 -0800 :
Message-ID:	<199803250720.SAA24764.cygnus.gnu-win32@mali.comdyn.com.au>
To:	gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

Wei Ku wrote:

>>I want to leave a simple program running after quiting the shell, and
>>even logging off. It's done under unix by adding '&'. I failed to do
>>this using cygwin32. Is it supposed to behave the same way under
>>cygwin32? What should I do?

>As far as I can tell, the only shell that will do what you describe is bash.
>Did you run bash or sh when you log in ?

i thought this was done with 'nohup'.
'&' only puts the process in the backgroup.
it doesn't make it ignore the HUP and QUIT signals,
or does it?


raf

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