Can someone post the code for running a script after your logoff

[WebHostPro]

I'm trying to keep a perl script running even when I logoff of the system.

Yet it keeps dying when I log off.

This is all done from the command line through root.

Thanks!

 

[garrettp]

You could try perhaps spawning a screen session before logging out and running the script from within that screen.

 

[bhd]

Not sure if this is what you mean but for most things, just add '&' after the command and the script will run in the background like so ./script.pl &

 

[garrettp]

The problem with sending the process to the background is when you exit the shell anything spawned in that shell (be it in the background or otherwise) will be terminated.

 

[WEB-PROS]

If im correct use "screen ****" then Cntrl A and Cntrl D and it will leave the screen and stay running even if you log off.

 

[jrehmer]

nohup /bin/somecommand &

This will run the program in the background and prevent the hangup signal when logging off.

 

[nxds]

On Bash and Zsh you can 'disown' processes so that they don't die when you exit the shell.

For example :

% sleep 10000
ctrl-Z                                                 # send stop signal
[1]+  Stopped                 sleep 1000               # 1 is the job number
% bg                                                   # put job in background
[1]+ sleep 1000 &
% disown %sleep                                        # or disown %1
% exit

 

[WEB-PROS]

Yes that is virtualy screening it, putting it the background and then be able to pull it back.