Re: Any way to run apps detached from e2?

> I've tried a lot of things and can't seem to find a way to execute apps
> in such a way that they detach from e2. I wrote a simple little script:
> e2_exec which contains:
> 
> =====================
> #!/bin/sh
> 
> eval exec "$@"&
> 
> =====================
> 
> This works for $[command-xterm]. That is, if I set:
> 
> command-xterm=e2_exec rxvt
> 
> then, when I launch $[command-xterm], e2 does not see rxvt as a
> "child" and will quit without complaining of child processes still
> running.
I presume that the child process which ran the script ends quickly. Considering 
the comments below, the quick finish seems to be a consequence of what the 
script argument is (and possibly because that app. is a terminal).

 Try as I might though, I cannot get it to work for
> applications associated with filetypes when double clicking a file. 
> 
> For instance, for video files, I would like to call something like:
> 
> "e2_exec mplayer %f"
> 
> and have mplayer run detached... so that it's not a child of e2, and I
> can quit e2 normally without the "nag dialog" while mplayer is still
> running. :)
Such a script works AFAIK (I minimally tested with opera and a html file), but 
in this case the child-process running the script persists until the 
argument(s)/application ends - which defeats your purpose.

> I've tried it with the "&" operator, and ">exec e2_exec blah blah&" and
> so on and so forth, but nothing seems to work.
> 
> Is there something simple I've overlooked?
No.

On my (very limited) understanding, zombies can be created when child processes 
are not properly cleaned up. Hence the warning dialog.

BUT I have once seen an invalid warning about a process that was actually 
finished, I'm trying to find how that happened.

Regards
Tom


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