Reply to mail from Mike about Applications and X
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>> Does anyone know how to have a program start in the foreground from an
>> xterm, and continue running from the prompt after exiting X.
>> e.g.
>> Can an ftp download started from X keep running after closing X without
>> being in the background ?.

for general purpose, screen.  for ftp, lftp or ncftp can batch and d/l in
the background.

-d
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