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SubjectRe: Forced umount (was lazy umount)
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Mike Fedyk <mfedyk@matchmail.com> writes:

|> On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 09:15:24PM -0400, Dan Maas wrote:
|> > > Imagine (common error for me):
|> > >
|> > > cd /cdrom
|> > > kwintv &
|> > > [work]
|> > >
|> > > I now want to umount cdrom. How do I do it? Do you suggest each app
|> > > to have "cd /" menu entry?
|> > > Pavel
|> >
|> > No but now that you mention it, it might be a good idea for GUI programs to
|> > chdir("/") by default immediately on startup. (and fork/daemonize so they
|> > don't disappear if you accidentally close the xterms you used to start them)
|> >
|>
|> Just disown it after you bg it ie:
|>
|> xmms & disown

This is not necessary unless you did 'shopt -s huponexit'.

Andreas.

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