gnome application launcher -- keeps running in background

[NoOp]

On 11/27/2008 08:44 PM, H.S. wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying out the application launcher in gnome. If I create an
> application launcher that starts with a wget command, it starts of okay:
> the gnome-terminal opens and wget starts working.
> 
> However, if I close that gnome terminal, wget appears to continue
> running in the background. Isn't wget supposed to close when the
> terminal window is closed?
> 
> Thanks.

I wouldn't think so (but I could be wrong):

http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/intrepid/en/man1/wget.html
<quote>
Wget is non-interactive, meaning that it can work in the background,
while the user is not logged on.  This allows you to start a retrieval
and disconnect from the system, letting Wget finish the work.
</quote>