somthing wrong with disown?

[Michael Lashkevich]

I use the version

GNU bash, version 2.05.8(1)-release (i386-redhat-linux-gnu)

When I am starting a command through bash from Nedit shell menu or
Midnight Commander extension file, e.g.

xdvi filename &>/dev/null & disown

the launched ("xdvi" here) command still remains to be dependent of the
parent application (e.g. it crushes when I stop Nedit or MC).

The "csh" does not have this problem. For example, if I use "csh" as
default shell started for Nedit/MC the command

xdvi filename >&/dev/null &

or start it through an auxiliary "csh" like

csh -c "xdvi filename >&/dev/null" &>/dev/null

it works properly. From reading Nedit FAQs, I may suppose that something
is wrong with releasing file descriptors of disowned background commands.

Best regards,

Michael Lashkevich