Re: Program is "stopped" when sent to background

From: Sybren Stuvel (sybrenUSE_at_YOURthirdtower.imagination.com)
Date: 08/28/03 

Date: 28 Aug 2003 16:30:53 GMT

David Chamberlain enlightened us with:
> I read the man page for nohup, and it sounds like the right thing to do

Nohup is only good if your program stops because of a HUP (hangup)
signal, hence the name. Since your problem has nothing to do with a
HUP, there is no solution to be found with this program.

Sybren 

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The problem with the world is stupidity. Not saying there should be a
capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the
safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?

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