On Mac OS 10.6.6, I want to make a bash alias or function that will run Google Chrome. Launching Chrome is easy: "/Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome". The problem is how to detach the Chrome process tree from Terminal.app so that when I close the terminal window, it doesn't kill Chrome. I have tried all of the following, to no avail:
"/Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome" &
nohup "/Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome"
"/Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome" &
disown
screen "/Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome"
screen "/Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome" &
Any suggestions for how to truly detach the Chrome process tree from Terminal.app? Alternatively, is there another way to make a command-line shortcut to launch and detach Chrome?
EDIT: Note that the answers to this question apply equally well for launching other applications besides just Chrome.