From: Austin Ziegler <austin@...>
Date: 2004-02-06T01:35:24+09:00
Subject: Re: shell scripts in background (with &) - why would they stop?

On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 10:02:09 +0900, Ruby Baby wrote:
> 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?

Yes.

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

nohup ./processFiles.rb &

-austin
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austin ziegler    * austin@halostatue.ca * Toronto, ON, Canada
software designer * pragmatic programmer * 2004.02.05
                                         * 11.33.53