Re: Bug#445576: ITP: detach -- command to detach a process

["Artem V. Andreev" <artem@AA5779.spb.edu>]

Kevin Mark <kevin.mark@verizon.net> writes:

> On Sun, Oct 07, 2007 at 11:38:12AM +1000, Aníbal Monsalve Salazar wrote:
>> Package: wnpp
>> Severity: wishlist
>> Owner: Anibal Monsalve Salazar <anibal@debian.org>
>> 
>> Package name: detach
>> Version: 0.2.3-1
>> Upstream Author: Robbert Haarman <inglorion@inglorion.net>
>> URL: http://inglorion.net/software/detach/
>> Description:
>>     This command forks a new process, detaches it from the terminal, and
>>     executes a given command in it. This can be used for starting
>>     processes that don't terminate when the controlling terminal does.
> How is this different from 'nohup' or screen?

I would add: "How is this different from 'detachtty'?"
which IMHO does exactly the same thing...

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