On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 02:30:59PM -0600, Dave Sherohman wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 12:35:12PM -0600, Simeon Johnston wrote:
> 
> > so...
> > $ make dep clean bzImage > make.log 2>&1 &
> > will background it and I'll be able to logout completely and check the
> > log when I get back.
> 
> Nope.  Since you left out the nohup, it'll die when you log out.

The [t]csh behavior is different - no nohup required, though you do 
have to redirect standard out, error, and input.

$ make dep clean bzImage >& make.log </dev/null & 

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