why couldn't he add nohup to the gwenvirew program? I mean, isn't that the point of opensource? :-)~MIKE~(-: On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 4:09 PM, der.hans wrote: > Am 29. Jan, 2013 schwätzte joe@actionline.com so: > > > >> Sounds like your terminal does the wrong thing :). >>> >>> Try this: >>> >>> nohup gwenview filename.jpg >/dev/null 2>&1 & >>> >> >> Thanks very much! This works. I gwenview now stays open when I >> closet terminal. >> >> So I just have to wonder, is there perhaps yet a further syntax >> option so that gwenview stays open and terminal automatically closes >> without requiring the extra step of manually closing it? >> > > exit the shell :) > > > nohup gwenview filename.jpg >/dev/null 2>&1 & > exit > > ciao, > > der.hans > -- > # http://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.LuftHans.com/**Classes/ > # History is nothing but a collection of fables and useless trifles, > # cluttered up with a mass of unnecessary figures and proper names. > # -- Leo Tolstoy > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >