Re: How to run a GNAT program without starting a terminal session

[Jerry <list_email@icloud.com>]

On Thursday, July 19, 2018 at 9:40:20 AM UTC-7, björn lundin wrote:
> On 2018-07-19 13:30, Jerry wrote:
> > I _want_ to start it myself each time, approximately every 30 minutes, and it is designed to stop running after one minute.
> Ah, I misunderstood.
> You want to know when you should stop running.
> I suggested putting it as a daemon to signal when to START running.
> A delay of 30 minutes would give you a beep twice an hour.

My computer is already set to do that by announcing the time every half hour.
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> However if you are NOT at the computer - but running around - how could
> the terminal app annoy you?
> You are not there - except when you start it.
> Does it not go away once your program is finished?
Correct--it leaves an open terminal window indicated a completed session along with all the output that normally comes with a terminal session even if the user program doesn't add any. Maybe the result of some settings in my terminal preferences. In any case the program would always launch the terminal app which remains open even if I could figure out how to close each window.
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> Björn