Re: Forced umount (was lazy umount)

From: Dan Maas (dmaas@dcine.com)
Date: Tue Sep 18 2001 - 20:15:24 EST


> 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)

Regards,
Dan

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