I am able to just run it as a background process then log out: orion.sh: java -jar orion.jar then ./orion.sh& Dave Smith Senior Team Leader Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Brady Moritz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, 19 July 2000 23:37 To: Orion-Interest Subject: background operation Jyust wondering if there is a built-in way to make orion run as a daemon process in linux, ie, disconnect itself from my terminal after it starts. Im using the nohup command rightnow, wondering if theres a cleaner method. Thanks Brady Moritz Moritz Designs