Re: Launch some command and leave the console, the command still being executed

[Jordan Metzmeier <titan8990@gmail.com>]

On 05/17/2010 11:45 AM, Merciadri Luca wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to be able to launch some command in the console, and to be
> able to close the terminal, the command being still evaluated, i.e. if I
> launch gedit (I'm under GNOME), and that I close the console, gedit
> closes too. (This is also the case with `gedit&', which is not
> astonishing.)
>
> Is it even possible?
>
> Thanks folks.
>
>    
You want something more like: `gedit & disown`. The "disown" will detach 
all background jobs currently attached to the terminal session. This 
_might_ be specific to BASH since it is a BASH builtin.

Also, you may want to look into tools like GNU Screen.