Disown process from cygwin bash

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There is a way to properly disown process from cygwin bash?

for example i can run in background

/cygdrive/c/Windows/notepad.exe &

and the notepad window shows but when i close the bash using Ctrl+D or typing exit the bash window remain open

Sorry, Not a programming question. Voting to move to Superuser.com. Good luck. — shellter, Feb 9, 2012 at 16:44
using disown the job is removed by job list but the problem remains: the windows never close until i close the notepad.exe — Alberto, Feb 9, 2012 at 17:21

ak2 · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-10 02:36:53Z

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cygstart notepad

Or, if you're using mintty:

setsid notepad

(setsid is in the util-linux package.)

answered Feb 10, 2012 at 2:36

ak2

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it's work, but how can i do if i already started the notepad? there is a command like disown?
– Alberto
Feb 10, 2012 at 16:03
I don't know of a way to do disassociate a running process.
– ak2
Feb 10, 2012 at 16:36
ditto ak2 if I run say calc doesnt seem to matter if nohup or disown calc dies if I close the parent window
– zzapper
Feb 15, 2013 at 19:36

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:41:34Z

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I'd try with nohup as explained in this response to a similar question.

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answered Feb 9, 2012 at 22:35

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