Re: Background processes prevent terminal window from closing

2011-05-05 Thread Charles Wilson
On 5/5/2011 7:38 AM, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] wrote: > But if you do not want to be limited file in the current working > directory, use a function. > > notepad () > { > cygstart "$(cygpath -u -W)/notepad.exe" "$(cygpath -w "$1")" > } > > You might have to change -W to -S in the firs

RE: Background processes prevent terminal window from closing

2011-05-05 Thread Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]
Ryan Dortmans sent the following at Thursday, May 05, 2011 12:30 AM >I have found that background processes prevent the terminal window from >closing. I have tried with the cmd terminal as well as mintty. Here is a >simple example: > >$ notepad .profile & >[1] >10260 >$ exit >logout > >The window r

Re: Background processes prevent terminal window from closing

2011-05-04 Thread Andy Koppe
On 5 May 2011 05:30, Ryan Dortmans wrote: > Hi, > > I have found that background processes prevent the terminal window > from closing. I have tried with the cmd terminal as well as mintty. > Here is a simple example: > > $ notepad .profile & > [1] 10260 > $ exit > logout > > The window remains unti

Background processes prevent terminal window from closing

2011-05-04 Thread Ryan Dortmans
Hi, I have found that background processes prevent the terminal window from closing. I have tried with the cmd terminal as well as mintty. Here is a simple example: $ notepad .profile & [1] 10260 $ exit logout The window remains until I close the notepad window. I have also reproduced the issue