06-05-2008
No problem. Shell scripting is weird. I've been doing it since 1983 and it's still weird. Happy to help.
Perl is much better, but still weird.
I'm going to start learning Python. I think that will be a much better scripting language.
-mschwage
P.S. Definition of weird: Writing a 600 line shell script and forgetting to match the double-quotes in a string somewhere around line 200. Tracking down that error is part of the definition of 'pain'. Shell scripting is essential on UNIX, but oh boy...
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Syntax
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nohup command [arguments]
Description
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mented (higher numbers mean lower priorities) by that amount up to a limit of 20. The default number is 10.
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Options
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Restrictions
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in the background. There is a built-in command which provides immunity from terminate, but it does not redirect output to nohup.out.
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Diagnostics
The command returns the exit status of the subject command.
Files
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See Also
csh(1), getpriority(2), renice(8)
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