Re: parent closing kills child?

[Markus A. <mar...@ub...>]

mic...@ro... wrote:
> Currently, if I start a graphical app in an xterm, and then close the
> parent terminal by clicking on the window close widget, the child app
> dies too. However, if I exit the parent term with an "exit" command,
> this doesn't happen.
> 
> Is this normal?

I think so. Because closing a window kills the xterm, whereas 'exit'
terminates the shell running in the xterm. Have a look at the nohup (man
nohup) command if that annoys you.

Markus.