On Sunday 23 Nov 2003 6:22 pm, HaywireMac wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 13:10:55 -0500
>
> David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >     Ok, I did a little googling on this but I'm not real sure what to search
> >     for.  I'm trying to remember the bash argument to use to release the
> >     prompt when calling an app from a terminal.
> >
> >
> > example:
> >
> > ...prompt]$ kcalc <insert argument here>
> > ...prompt]$
> >
> >
> > instead of:
> >
> > ...prompt]$ kcalc
> > loading blah blah
> > loading blah blah
> > ...running...
> >
> >
> > It's been a while since I've used Linux untill a few days ago and I just
> > do not remember.
>
> IIRC, it's "nohup", ie.
>
> nohup kcalc <args>

kcalc &
or if you want kcalc to stay up after the terminal is closed
nohup kcalc &

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