bash and '&'

[Sergey Okhapkin]

Wei Ku wrote:
> I got the exactly result from b19. Ghostview& is still alive after exit from
> bash. However, the console window does not disappear until Ghostview is
> closed. This is slightly different from the situation in true UNIX machine.
> 
> I would guess that Mr. Sergey Okhapkin has a clear idea why the console
> window is still there.
> 

It's very easy - cygwin-compiled ghostview is a _console_ application! It has console buffer allocated and console handles opened.

-- 
Sergey Okhapkin, http://www.lexa.ru/sos
Moscow, Russia


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