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Old 09-11-2012
Nohup and background jobs
Hi All,

Can someone help me in knowing the exact difference between nohup and &.

The definition is quite clear but i only want to know if i run my job using & and in between i hung up my terminal.
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Old 09-11-2012
The definition doesn't seem to be clear. Why don't you try it out?
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Old 09-11-2012
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Hi,

Actually i tried with &. my job is getting killed at terminal logout
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Old 09-11-2012
Try
Code:
nohup <yourscript/command> &

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Old 09-11-2012
bash has the disown builtin that makes a background job immune to its parent logging out.
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Old 09-11-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by RudiC
bash has the disown builtin that makes a background job immune to its parent logging out.
As Rudic said...

Using nohup and & script can work even if our session stopped/expired. Even if we restart the server script will continue to run automatically.
Code:
nohup sh script_name &

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Old 09-11-2012
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My Query is still not answered.

If i only use & and my terminal gets hunged. will by job will continue or will be killed.

Ex : sh my_script.sh &
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