From: Ruby Baby <ruby@...>
Date: 2004-02-03T10:02:09+09:00
Subject: shell scripts in background (with &) - why would they stop?

Shouldn't a Ruby script keep running if someone uses the "&" at the end of the command?

I have a script that takes hours to run, processing many files, on a remote server.

If I start it like this...
./processFiles.rb
... it will work, but I have to keep an SSH terminal window open for hours.

If I start it like this...
./processFiles.rb &
... and then I close my SSH session to let it run
... it stops immediately after I log out.


Is that expected behavior?

How would I get it to keep running (like my regular /bin/sh shell scripts) after I log out?

I could give example code if someone wants to see it.