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nadman10

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From: Erie, PA

Registered: 2005-10-15

Posts: 201

Running scripts

I've got some scripts made that I want to run in the background. However, if I'm SSH'd in, after my session times out, the scripts stop running. How can I make these scripts run until I stop them?

Purch

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From: Finland

Registered: 2006-02-23

Posts: 229

Re: Running scripts

$ pacman -S screen
$ man screen

run your scripts in the screen and detach screen before logout SSH ( detach-logout keycombo: ctrl-a D D )

afu

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From: Tuscalooser, Alabummer

Registered: 2004-02-19

Posts: 155

Re: Running scripts

man nohup will tell you what you need.

Or this:
http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/aix/cmds/a … /nohup.htm

palandir

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Registered: 2006-05-14

Posts: 73

Re: Running scripts

screen is overkill for that (use screen for interactive applications that you need to detach and reattach somewhere else), use nohup instead.
I have a simple bash function for that purpose:

nh() { nohup "$@" &>/dev/null & }

So you just have to run "nh <command>" and it goes in the background, detached from the terminal, without saving the output.

nadman10

Member

From: Erie, PA

Registered: 2005-10-15

Posts: 201

Re: Running scripts

Thanks guys

Purch

Member

From: Finland

Registered: 2006-02-23

Posts: 229

Re: Running scripts

Hey that nohup sounds really nice way. Never too late to learn new things