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 - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".