On 2007-08-29 at 00:44:38 [+0200], Axel Dörfler <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ingo Weinhold <bonefish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Personally I find this more than a bit inconsistent and wonder, if we > > want > > to change that behavior. Any opinions? > > I'd be all for it, too. I guess you suggest to enable the "shopt -s > huponexit" by default? Well, either that or change the SIGHUP handling to leave existing jobs alone. I actually tend towards liking that stuff I fire up into the background survives closing the terminal (as under BeOS). It would also avoid risking data loss (imagine you started an editor into the background). But I suppose it mainly depends on what you're used to... CU, Ingo