Starting Xwin - Shell Window Remains

[brett lee <brettlee at yahoo dot com>]

Hi,

I'm able to start and use Xwin.  However, after the X server is up, I need to manually close the
cygwin bash window (the one that started the X server).  I've checked the usual places, but have
not come up with a solution.

This is probably more of a shell "scripting" question, but since the solution I'm looking for is a
"windows executable (C:\cygwin\startxwin.bat) that I can drop into my StartUp folder to
automatically start Xwin" when I log in, here I am.

Here's where I'm at thus far:

1.  C:\cygwin\startxwin.bat exists, and has the following contents:  

@echo off

c:
chdir c:\cygwin\bin

bash --login -i /usr/local/bin/myxwin

2.  /usr/local/bin/myxwin exists, and has the following contents:

#!/usr/bin/bash
#
# Start the Cygwin X server, xwin

echo Starting X server...

# Succeeds, but must kill cygwin bash window manually
nohup xwin -multiwindow -clipboard -emulate3buttons >/dev/null 2>&1 &

# Same as previous
#(nohup xwin -multiwindow -clipboard -emulate3buttons >/dev/null 2>&1 &) && exit

# Same as previous
#exec $(nohup xwin -multiwindow -clipboard -emulate3buttons >/dev/null 2>&1 &)

# have tried permutations of the above commands, without success.
# odd, can't seem to find "fork" in cygwin.  errors occur, so it's not a shell builtin.

echo You can safely close this window

# Also doesn't work - the PID no longer exists
#kill -9 $$

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Thanks in advance,
-Brett

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