QProcess calls finished signal before started process exits

[sa5webber]

I'm new to QT so I'm sure I'm either misunderstanding something or just doing something wrong.
The problem is that when I run the code below, it opens up the application and also immediately
calls the finished() function even though the application is still running. I wouldn't expect it to
emit the finished signal until after the application has exited?

What am I missing?

Here is my test code.

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mainwindow.h
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private slots:
    void procEditFinished(int exitCode, QProcess::ExitStatus exitStatus);
 
private:
    QProcess *procEdit;

private slots:
    void procEditFinished(int exitCode, QProcess::ExitStatus exitStatus);

private:
    QProcess *procEdit;

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mainwindow.cpp
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void MainWindow::on_btnEdit_clicked()
{
        QString app = "/usr/bin/gedit";
        QStringList arg;
 
        arg << "file.txt";
        procEdit = new QProcess(this);
        connect(procEdit, SIGNAL(finished(int, QProcess::ExitStatus)),
                this, SLOT(procEditFinished(int, QProcess::ExitStatus)));
 
        procEdit->start(app, arg);
}
 
void MainWindow::procEditFinished(int exitCode, QProcess::ExitStatus exitStatus)
{
    qDebug("exitCode= %d, exitStatus= %d", exitCode, exitStatus);
    procEdit->deleteLater();
}

void MainWindow::on_btnEdit_clicked()
{
        QString app = "/usr/bin/gedit";
        QStringList arg;
        
        arg << "file.txt";
        procEdit = new QProcess(this);
        connect(procEdit, SIGNAL(finished(int, QProcess::ExitStatus)),
                this, SLOT(procEditFinished(int, QProcess::ExitStatus)));

        procEdit->start(app, arg);
}

void MainWindow::procEditFinished(int exitCode, QProcess::ExitStatus exitStatus)
{
    qDebug("exitCode= %d, exitStatus= %d", exitCode, exitStatus);
    procEdit->deleteLater();
}

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