Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 20:03:35 +0100 From: "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@uni-mainz.de> To: Mat Kovach <kovachme@pobox.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How can I make a program keep running even after I logout? Message-ID: <41C08A87.9020703@uni-mainz.de> In-Reply-To: <20041215190038.GC21640@alal.com> References: <2ede6f3204121510332f0c4a52@mail.gmail.com> <20041215194002.7e7ba6e9.nico.meijer@zonnet.nl> <20041215190038.GC21640@alal.com>
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Mat Kovach schrieb: >On Wed, Dec 15, 2004 at 07:40:02PM +0100, Nico Meijer wrote: > > >>Hi, >> >> >> >>>I want to cvsup or/and portupgrade and logout but the program keep >>>running? >>> >>> >>Try screen: /usr/ports/misc/screen >> >>To run it, simply type `screen`, do your work, type "Ctrl-A d" to detach >>(you can go home now). Log in again, type `screen -r`. Be happy. >> >> > >You can also use nohup > >man 1 nohup > >But screen is an excellent choice also but might be over kill >for this specific purpose. > >I use something like: > >$ nohup sudo cvsup -g -L 2 /etc/cvsupdate & >appending output to /home/kovachme/nohup.out > > > Another way is using daemon(8) which seems in many cases much more useful than nohup.
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