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Old 06-14-2011
Exit Shell Script with background job
Hi all,

I am trying to exit a shell script (c shell) while invoking a job (service) that must run in the background:
......

/mydir/runservice &

exit
......

There are downstream jobs and scripts that need to be run, but they all 'wait' for the script to exit. The script 'hangs' and thus the process hangs. Is there a way to force an exit (while keeping the process running in the background)?

Thanks!
# 2  
Old 06-14-2011
Is it your script or your terminal that's hanging? Open references to the terminal may cause things to hang when you try to quit. What if you run the command with nohup?
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Old 06-15-2011
I am trying to invoke a service remotely (via ssh)...I tried the nohup option into the script. Instead of hanging, I need a 'keystroke' to initiate back a command prompt. Is there a way to invoke a keystroke or some kind?

Thanks
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Old 06-16-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by CKT_newbie88
I am trying to invoke a service remotely (via ssh)...I tried the nohup option into the script. Instead of hanging, I need a 'keystroke' to initiate back a command prompt. Is there a way to invoke a keystroke or some kind?
If I understand you correctly, nohup and & aren't exclusive, you should use both.

Code:
nohup program &
exit

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