logging out leaving a command running

[Michael T. Richter]

On Sun, 2006-22-01 at 22:57 -0700, jim barnes wrote:
> From man bash:
> If a command is terminated by the control operator &, the shell executes the 
> command in the background in a subshell. The shell does not wait for the 
> command to finish, and the return status is 0

> script &
> exit

> That's all!

Have you tried anything like that ever?  Try something that will take a
long time to run -- a "find / &", say, and then exit.  Keep an eye on
running processes.  (You can do it all in one terminal window by using
tabs.)

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