Re: OT Linux question - running a process in background

From: Adam Gibson (agibson_at_ptm.com)
Date: 06/16/05

  • Next message: Neil Marjoram: "Re: Kickstart confusion" 
    To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 10:06:56 -0400

    On Wed, 2005-06-15 at 18:48 -0400, Matthew Miller wrote:
    > On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 07:45:25PM -0300, Patrick Boutilier wrote:
    > > >I heard that you can do something like this with NOHUP, but my process
    > > >is running
    > > Try running the tar in a "screen" .
    > > man screen
    >
    > This has huge advantages over using bg or nohup, since you can reattach to
    > it later -- even from somewhere else. But unfortunately, you have to do this
    > *first* -- you can't move it after you've started.

    dtach is a lighter alternative to using screen. It performs only the
    detaching features that screen has. 

    -- 
Adam Gibson <agibson@ptm.com>
-- 
fedora-list mailing list
fedora-list@redhat.com
To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
  • Next message: Neil Marjoram: "Re: Kickstart confusion"