From: "Bermejo, Rodrigo" <rodrigo.bermejo@...>
Date: 2004-02-03T10:10:49+09:00
Subject: Re: shell scripts in background (with &) - why would they stop?



nohup ./processFiles.rb&
exit

or

ruby -e 'fork do exec("./processFiles.rb&") end'

will make the trick ....

ronnie.


Ruby Baby wrote:

>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.
>  
>