Re: problem starting fetchmail as a daemon from an xterm

[http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (robert)]

Hi.  I still never solved this (see below).

Is there an archive of the fetchmail-friends mailing list anywhere?

If not, could you explain why fetchmail in daemon mode dies when the xterm
disappears?  Is it because the controlling terminal is lost, or is it
because the parent process is lost?  (I would think it's the former since
when I used to start it up on a Linux virtual console from
/etc/rc.d/rc.local, it would just keep running even though the "parent"
process exited.)

Thanks for any help.

 > From: http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (robert)
 > Date: Tue  Sep 29,  9:02am
 > 
 >  > From: Hal DeVore <http://www.earthling.net/~haldevore>
 >  > Date: Mon  Sep 28,  4:43pm
 >  >
 >  > http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert wrote:
 >  > > After the xterm exits, so does the fetchmail.
 >  > 
 >  > I don't think there's any need for xterm here.  The way you're doing it, 
 >  > the xterm process is the parent of fetchmail.  I'm not exactly sure what 
 >  > the parent of the deamonized fetchmail would be but apparently it's still 
 >  > the xterm.
 >  > 
 >  > What are you using to execute the xterm command you listed (i.e., is it in 
 >  > your .profile or something your window manager does or what)?
 >  > 
 >  > -Hal <*>
 > 
 > Actually, my .xsession (used from xdm).  I need to be able to type in my
 > password; that's why I thought xterm made sense.
 > 
 > BTW, I forgot to mention that I'm running version 4.5.0, if that makes any
 > difference.  Also, "xterm" is really "rxvt", but I don't believe that
 > makes a difference.