--- a/zshrc	Thu Dec 01 09:18:41 2011 +0100
+++ b/zshrc	Fri Dec 02 15:27:54 2011 +0100
@@ -21,6 +21,16 @@
 mcd() { mkdir $1; cd $1 }
 psg() { ps auxww | grep -v grep | grep -i "$@" }
 
+# no history handling for now ... or find a better way to save history per shell not across all shells
+export HISTFILE=
+
+# emulate tcsh's behaviour for forked processes: do not warn, do not kill when shell is closed
+setopt nohup
+setopt no_check_jobs
+
+# $HOST can either be just the host name or the FQDN. Standardize on the raw host name
+export HOST=`echo $HOST | awk -F '.' '{ print $1 }'`
+
 # utility function that is used by various other modules
 removeFromPath() {
     search_term="$1"
@@ -41,12 +51,6 @@
     echo "${clean_path}"
 }
 
-# no history handling for now ... or find a better way to save history per shell not across all shells
-export HISTFILE=
-
-# $HOST can either be just the host name or the FQDN. Standardize on the raw host name
-export HOST=`echo $HOST | awk -F '.' '{ print $1 }'`
-
 # include a zshrc per OS type
 local os_zshrc=$HOME/.zsh-env/zshrc-$OSTYPE
 if [ -f ${os_zshrc} ]; then