From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 15152 invoked by alias); 7 Feb 2010 21:11:34 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Workers List List-Post: List-Help: X-Seq: 27682 Received: (qmail 11270 invoked from network); 7 Feb 2010 21:11:32 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 Received-SPF: none (ns1.primenet.com.au: domain at klanderman.net does not designate permitted sender hosts) From: Greg Klanderman To: zsh-workers@zsh.org Subject: Re: have '&' automatically disown? Reply-To: gak@klanderman.net Date: Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:06:24 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20100207182028.0f7c51ab@pws-pc> (Peter Stephenson's message of "Sun, 7 Feb 2010 18:20:28 +0000") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.1008 (Gnus v5.10.8) XEmacs/21.4.17 (linux) References: <19308.20198.797192.607014@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <201002051733.o15HXBZB025656@news01.csr.com> <201002051736.o15HaMlN025726@news01.csr.com> <20100207182028.0f7c51ab@pws-pc> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >>>>> On February 7, 2010 Peter Stephenson wrote: > If you start going looking for them you'll still find them. Certainly not the end of the world... > I don't know if that's good enough for your needs or not. nohup + nocheckjobs does most of what I care about I guess. I just noticed the later before starting this thread. > I can well believe all of this, but it's not clear to me why its > relevant. Because if I turn monitor back on I can completely wedge my shell. > If it means you still need job control to work continuously, then > certainly turning off "monitor" isn't an option. I don't actually want to use job control on the jobs started while monitor was off, but since they are still there, chances are I will at some point shoot myself in the foot. Would it make sense to just auto-disown when monitor is off? thanks, Greg