Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!usc!jarthur!nntp-server.caltech.edu!fjs From: fjs@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Fernando J. Selman) Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmer Subject: how process in background can kill itself after logout (BSD unix). Message-ID: <1991Jan29.012702.7265@nntp-server.caltech.edu> Date: 29 Jan 91 01:27:02 GMT Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Lines: 7 I would like to be able for a process I have running in the background to kill itself after I logout. I am using BSD unix in a Sun Sparcserver 490. Because a bug in the OS the process keep writing to the terminal after I logout. Any help will be appreciated. - Fernando