On Thu, 2003-10-23 at 02:51, Jesse Keating wrote: > On Wednesday 22 October 2003 17:33, Maynard Kuona wrote: > > How can I do this. Is it at all possible. Sometimes this seems to > > happen of its own accord. > > "screen" is your friend. I ma talking about a GUI program, like if I launch synaptic from the terminal, but want to detach it. screen is useful if i want something to run in the background. Thanks though. -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list