[root@~]# ./file.sh & I don't know if $! will terminate if I just log out immediately?
- 2Depends on if huponexit is set, see serverfault.com/questions/117152/…Kyle Brandt– Kyle Brandt2010-03-12 13:55:10 +00:00Commented Mar 12, 2010 at 13:55
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disown the job and it won't. If it's the only thing running in the background, you'd do disown %1. Otherwise it would be the job number given in square brackets when you start the job.
- Who is right,you or @Kyle Brandt?vps– vps2010-03-12 14:05:38 +00:00Commented Mar 12, 2010 at 14:05
- 2They're both right. There's more to it than you understand. See also: serverfault.com/questions/115999/… disown forks the process from the shell, so it won't be sent a
SIGHUPon exit even ifhuponexitison.Warner– Warner2010-03-12 14:15:37 +00:00Commented Mar 12, 2010 at 14:15 - I am right times infinity squared + 2. You want disown the job if you can. Ideally I would recommend that you run the job with screen or maybe nohup.Kyle Brandt– Kyle Brandt2010-03-12 14:16:38 +00:00Commented Mar 12, 2010 at 14:16
I'm not sure the exact answer to this question.
I do know that to detach from the console requires more than just redirecting to /dev/null. You need to consider using setsid as well as redirecting 1>/dev/null and 2>/dev/null.
