Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2007 14:53:12 -0800 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Clint Olsen <clint.olsen@gmail.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to get portinstall to 'shut up' so I can run it in background Message-ID: <475488D8.2090301@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20071128013623.GA48799@belle.0lsen.net> References: <20071128013623.GA48799@belle.0lsen.net>
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Clint Olsen wrote:
> I've tried redirecting standard output/error, both /bin/sh and /bin/csh,
> and I can't run this in batch. I'm trying to build gnome which takes
> hours, and I want it backgrounded so that if this SSH shell disconnects it
> doesn't crater the build. You would think that --batch would make this
> happen, but no go.
While I know screen(1) has a lot of devotees, you could almost
certainly use nohup for this same purpose, with the pleasant side
effect that you will have a log of what happened on disk in case
something blows up.
I do a lot of stuff this way (cvs up, buildworld, etc.) even if I plan
to stay connected just in case I don't. :)
Doug
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