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Author: Matt Graham
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Subject: Re: command line question
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> I still can't get either to work.
> James: gwenview filename.jpg > /dev/null 2>&1 &
> Hans: gwenview filename.jpg 2>/dev/null &
>
> Both examples work to cause gwenview to open filename.jpg without
> any error messages. However, when I close the terminal window,
> gwenview also closes. What am I doing wrong?


To stop a process from dying when its parent tty dies, you probably want
nohup. "nohup gwenview filename.jpg > /dev/null 2>&1 &" . The xterm/konsole
will still be there, though you can then manually close it.

If this approach *did* automagically close the xterm, it'd be functionally
equivalent to just starting gwenview from the mini-commandline....

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