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Can I nohup/screen an already-started process?
I'm doing some test-runs of long-running data migration scripts, over SSH. Let's say I start running a script around 4 PM; now, 6 PM rolls around, and I'm cursing myself for not doing this all in ...
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Linux process management
I started a long running background-process (dd with /dev/urandom) in my ssh console. Later I had to disconnect. When I logged in, again (this time directly, without ssh), the process still seemed to ...
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There is any way to run processes in the background in Windows? nohup equivalent for windows
nohup runs a process in the background. There is any equivalent for Windows?
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job control and ssh
I can't seem to figure out a decent way to manage jobs over ssh. I want to start a job in an ssh session, logout, log back in, do a fg, check on the job, logout, then repeat the whole process. nohup ...
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Using nohup when initial input is required
On a linux system is there any way to use nohup when the process that is being nohuped required input, such as an rsync command that needs a password to be entered but will then run happily on its ...
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Redirect nohup to stdout
Is it possible to let a process started with nohup, write to stdout instead of in a file? or maybe in the file and on the screen?
nohup python start.py &
writes to nohup.out, but I'd like it to ...
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What is does the ampersand (&) symbol mean with `nohup`?
Ive seen tons of examples where a & follows the end of a command string, but I can't seem to find an explanation on what it does. It's not even in nohup's man page. Is this a shell thing?
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How do I find out the process id of the backgrounded process?
I've got a command (program) that I'd like to run with nohup and background it. Like
nohup command > logfile.txt &
How do I find out the process ID? I would like to be able to write the ...
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Move a running process in background and keep it running even if you disconnect
You already have a running process and you want to put it to run in background.
If you want to be sure that this will still run after you close you ssh connection, what should you do?
Note: you are ...
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Nohup linux command waits for an additional return, how do I prevent this?
I'm running the following inside a bash script:
nohup java server_program.jar &
I want that to start running and go about its merry way. However, for some reason it says that it is ignoring ...
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Using nohup on Solaris 10
I need to transfer a large number of files over SFTP (only between Solaris servers) which takes a very long time. I cannot keep my PC on for this duration. I tried:
nohup sftp server1
While the ...
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nohup multiple sequential commands
I need to nohup two commands, one after another. The second command has to be executed AFTER the first command. Here are the commands:
tar -zcf archive.tar.gz.tmp mydir
mv archive.tar.gz.tmp ...
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How can I return to nohup after logout?
I'm working on an AIX and cannot install screen but want to use its capabilities. Basically I want to be able to run a session (maybe logout), then the same user but logged in again to be able to get ...
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trap “” HUP v.s Nohup ? How can I run a portion of shell script in nohub mode?
I want to run a shell script over the weekend, but I wanna make sure if the terminal loses
the connection, my script won't be terminated. I use nohup for the whole script invokation, but I also want ...
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Can I nohup/resume an existing tar process initiation in a ssh session?
First, if I stop a tar process, will it resume from where it left off or will it have to go through all the directories again (a lot of directories and files).
Second, am I correctly "disown"ing this ...
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nohup - no such file or directory
I'm trying to execute the following command on my CentOS 6.3 x64 server:
nohup "/usr/local/bin/php -v"
The result is:
nohup: ignoring input and appending output to `nohup.out'
nohup: failed to run ...
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terminate a processed launched by nohup
I have loaded debian etch into my NAS and I am trying to use it to routinely extract information from a website. Since there are quite a lot of pages to download, I used the nohup command, like this:
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reattaching a process started with nohup?
Is it possible to reattach a process started with nohup?
For example, start in a terminal:
nohup tail -f /dev/null &
Close the terminal. Now open a new terminal. How do you reattach the ...
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Virtualbox: prevent a virtual machine to go down after I log out from the consolle I lanched the VM from
I login remotely to a machine with Virtualbox installed by launching:
ssh -Y root@virtualbox
After that, I launch a Virtual Machine:
nohup VBoxSDL --startvm vm1
or
nohup VBoxSDL --startvm vm1 ...
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Estimating MySQL Query Runtime
I ran a MySQL query from command line using the following:
nohup mysql --user=root --password=XXXXXXXXX database < report.sql > results.tab
This query is extensive (5000 lines) and running a ...
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Why does my long-running nohup process quietly stop processing on Mac OSX?
I have a Ruby rake process that does a whole lot of intensive data loading and manipulation. When run a against a particularly large file, the process will run for several hours (which is fine), but ...
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Mysterious per-session CPU limiting?
TL;DR: CPU-hungry processes are sharing cores on a multi-core server while other cores sit idle, whereas I expect the Linux scheduler to distribute jobs evenly across cores. What could cause this ...
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How can I flush stdout for a process under nohup?
Is there a way to flush the buffer that nohup buffers stdout? From what I read in various places (eg. some place) is that I can modify the behaviour from within my programm. But that would be specific ...
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can you run a shell command via nohup at later time?
I'd like to run a script at 6pm on a remote server but don't want to wait around to trigger it. I don't want to use cron since it's a one time deal.
Can I do something like "nohup myscript &" ...
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Run netcat in background on Ubuntu Lucid 10.04
I am trying to do a pg_dump from one server and simultaneously restore at the other server.
The command on source server (192.168.3.94):
pg_dumpall -v | nc 192.168.3.95 4000
The command on the ...
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nohup command on Mac
I connect to some mac machine using SSH and run a command similar to:
nohup /var/root/install.sh param1 param2 </dev/null >/var/root/vvv.out 2>&1 & echo '' ; echo ERROR_CODE:$?
It ...
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How do I prevent a nohup process from being killed when ssh connection fails
I'm having an odd problem. I have a server process that gets started with nohup, and persists across logout and re-login just fine. However if I leave myself logged in and then get the "broken pipe" ...
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Shutdown server in background using PHP
I'm trying to shutdown an Ubuntu machine from PHP and am running into an issue if I want to delay the shutdown.
The PHP line I'm using is:
exec("sudo shutdown -h +5 &", $output);
Where 5 is ...
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How do I get nohup.out flushed more often?
On Ubuntu 10.04, I have a long Python program that prints a bunch of output; I run this under "nohup". However, it waits until the end to put all the text in nohup.out. When I run similar programs ...
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How to run at boot a program that will run until shutdown
I am using Debian (6) and need to run at boot an X server (without a login manager). What is the best way to do this?
From what I've read, the usual way is to have a script in /etc/init.d. I created ...
