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May
14
awarded  Scholar
May
14
accepted How do I detach a process from its parent?
May
14
accepted Is there a way to prevent the creation of a given file?
May
7
comment Is it possible to find out the hosts in the known_hosts file?
Don't be scared when there is no output at all, but try not the full qualified hostname but the hostname instead.
Apr
16
comment Installing Chrome on Linux without needing to be root
+1 for the --no-sandbox command line option, as the sandbox will need 4755 and must be owned by root.
Apr
4
asked Is there a way to prevent the creation of a given file?
Feb
20
comment How to speed up X over SSH on a slow network connection?
There is a similar question, recommending additional options: superuser.com/questions/400136/speeding-up-remote-x-sessions
Feb
20
comment How to speed up X over SSH on a slow network connection?
One some sites it is also reported to use a simple and fast chiper e.g. blowfish: ssh -X -C -c blowfish-cbc,arcfour $hostname
Jan
4
comment In bash, is it possible to use an integer variable in the loop control of a for loop?
And works for zsh as well (but not for csh, tcsh).
Jan
4
comment How Can Terminal Emulators Kill Their Children After Recieving a SIGKILL?
+1 for disown which is very useful.
Dec
17
comment How to test for possible conflicts while using alias in bashrc?
I guess it depends on the shell you use: type which which is a shell builtin I am using the zsh.
Dec
17
comment How to test for possible conflicts while using alias in bashrc?
Same does work with which, but I don't now if both (type,which) shell builtins are the same.
Sep
18
awarded  Teacher
Sep
18
answered How to count rows ordered by the first field in bash
Sep
18
comment What happens when I do “cat debian.iso > /dev/sdX”?
How about boot sector, will /dev/sdX afterwards boot as normal as the CD/DVD image?
Aug
31
comment How do I detach a process from its parent?
@all and I should have read more carefully.
Aug
31
awarded  Commentator
Aug
31
comment How do I detach a process from its parent?
@Gilles, convinced, you are right and the second part of your answer you gave in unix.stackexchange.com/questions/4034/… is really solving my problem. You could mark it as duplicate to this question.
Aug
31
comment How can I disown a running process and associate it to a new screen shell?
This answer is great, as many answers will not respect the setting when you don't have access to the (shell which started the process) anymore.
Aug
31
comment How do I detach a process from its parent?
@Gilles: Did I said that screen does not work afterwards?