'untying' background processes to terminal in bash in X

[oaul]

This is a very simple question but I couldn't find an answer...so sorry if this has already been asked.

Say I run something in a bash shell in the background. When I close the terminal window, so do all the background apps.
In csh or similar, one can keep the background processes running even after the terminal window is closed.

How can i get bash to behave like csh in this respect? I'm tired of accidentally killing all my applications when i close my xterm. Thanks.

[dkloes]

Hi oaul,

The nohup command might solve the problem for you. This runs a command even if the session is disconnected or the user logs out.