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Date:	Fri, 03 Oct 2003 20:43:14 -0700
From:	Terrence Brannon <metaperl AT urth DOT org>
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Subject:	Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] New package: setsid-0.0-3
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>Basically it allows to call an application, say `sleep', like this:
>
>  setsid sleep 10
>
>`setsid' forks and detaches from the controlling terminal and so
>the inferior application will not be attached to the terminal as
>well.  Or, to make it short, you can start an application as above
>and immediately close the Windows console window while that application
>keeps running.
>
>  
>
that sounds like nohup a bit...

no need to reply... just thinking out loud




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