Disown

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Revision as of 10:17, 16 December 2011 by imported>ThorstenStaerk

disown removes a process from its parent process, allowing it to continue after the parent exits.

tweedleburg:~ # firefox &
[5] 32702
tweedleburg:~ # disown
bash: warning: deleting stopped job 1 with process group 18228
[5]   Done                    firefox
tweedleburg:~ # exit