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is it possible to change a running process in linux so that it doesn't quit upon logging out?
I know you can use nohup to keep a job running after logging out, but what about a process that's already running? Is there a way to change it's state so that it continues to run when I log out?
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Background process (nohup &) suspends/resumes when user logs out/logs in
Ubuntu Server 11.10
When a normal (non-root) user starts a process with nohup, when the user disconnects from the terminal the process (java) stops responding. When the user connects again, the ...
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Nohup and the difference between logout and exit on a remote shell
I have access to a remote Linux shell for work purposes. I have kept a python script running in the background using nohup.
Now, if I want to exit the session, what is the difference between using ...
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How to attach to a nohup process?
If I start a process with nohup:
nohup WHATEVER &
then how can I see it again? I mean how to attach my terminal to it again under Linux, e.g.: Ubuntu 11.04 - just like with the screen package.
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nohup does not run process in background
I run
nohup bash -c "while [ true ]; do echo test; done"
from PuTTy SSH client but after this process is not runned in background instead nohup keeps to be foreground process in shell.
SW version: ...
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Using nohup in Ubuntu - how to make it not show the job number?
I'm running this command:
$ nohup command > foo.out 2> foo.err < /dev/null &
My problem is that even though nohup makes my command run in the background, it prints out something like ...
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Pipe/send command to process running on nohup that accepts input from STDIN
I have a program that I run using nohup program &. This program accepts input from STDIN. Is there any way to send text to the STDIN of a program that is running via nohup?
This is on FreeBSD ...
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Can I force nohup output to the screen instead of a file?
When I run a script with nohup, the output is forced to the out.log file by default; is there a way to force the output to the screen instead of the file? I need to be able to see when my script gives ...
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What's the difference between nohup and “>& nohup.out &”?
nohup renders a process immune to the shell's SIGHUP, but even if I run this from my shell:
bash -c 'while true; do sleep 1; date; done' >& nohup.out &
then log out and log back in, bash ...
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How do I fork a process that doesn't die when shell exits?
If I run emacs from the shell:
$ emacs foo &
and then kill that shell, emacs dies.
How can I run a command so that it will not die when the shell dies?
I found references to nohup, but that ...
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STDOUT of a disowned program
As followup of this question, I would like to know where the STDOUT and STDERR of a program on which I've run disown -h is redirected to.
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Keep a program running after closing a console, after the program has started
I've a program running in a Unix console on a remote Unix computer. I (stupidly) didn't run it using nohup &, and now I need to close the local console.
Is there any way to have it keep running ...
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How to launch a remote process through ssh and end the connection?
This is still blocking:
ssh host nohup cmd
This still leaves the connection open:
ssh host nohup cmd &
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issues ending script with tail -f
I use the following script to restart a Java server running on a Solaris Sun 5.10 box...
pkill -9 java
nohup ./start_java.sh &
tail -f smx.log
I SSH to the box (using Putty) to run the ...
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After-the-fact remote nohup with tcsh
I have a tcsh instance in an xterm that is running a long-term (weeks?) process. The Xvnc server it's running under went out in the weeds; it's consuming 100% CPU and is unresponsive. (This is a ...
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nohup problem when given command with arguments
Tried:
while true; do date; sleep 1; done
Got:
Thu Aug 27 17:33:24 IDT 2009
Thu Aug 27 17:33:25 IDT 2009
Thu Aug 27 17:33:26 IDT 2009
...
But:
nohup while true; do date; sleep 1; done
Got me:
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