Re: Forced umount (was lazy umount)

[Mike Fedyk]

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