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



On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 17:45 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote:
> 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.)

I would suggest using "screen" [1] for that, but that might be overkill
and you are just looking for "nohup".

[1] http://www.gnu.org/software/screen
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