[PLUG] nohup question

[Russell Senior]

+1 for screen.

You might think it's more than you need, but it will change your life.
Worth it!

On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 7:45 PM Robert Citek <robert.citek at gmail.com> wrote:

> When nohup works, it's great.   But when it doesn't ( e.g. asks for a
> password or confirmation a few minutes after starting ), it can be a
> bummer.
>
> For those not familiar with screen, here are five basic commands to get
> started:
>
> # to create a screen session
> screen
>
> # to detach from a screen session
> ^Ad       ( that is, Ctrl + A, then d )
>
> # to list running screen sessions ( list is of the form {pid}.{other stuff}
> )
> screen -ls
>
> # to attach to a running screen session
> screen -x {pid of running screen session}
>
> # to stop a running screen session
> exit   # do this from within a screen session
>
> There are a lot more options and lots of other really cool things that can
> be done with screen and even more with tmux.  But those five will get you
> started.
>
> BTW, another option for running long commands in the background is to use
> Docker.  :)
>
> Enjoy,
> - Robert
>
> On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 2:19 PM <tomas.kuchta.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > This would be the time to bring up - screen or tmux sessions as an
> > alternatives
> > to nohup.
> >
> > If you logout/disconnect from screen/tmux sessions - you can reconnect
> > later to
> > see the progress or how it all finished.
> >
> > Tomas
> >
> > On Tue, 2019-09-17 at 14:05 -0700, Galen Seitz wrote:
> > > On 9/17/19 2:00 PM, Rich Shepard wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 17 Sep 2019, Rich Shepard wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > each takes 30+ minutes on my 1.8GB FiOS line. The list is in a bash
> > > > > script
> > > >
> > > > Oops! That's 1.8MB/sec.
> > >
> > > Unless you're planning to logout after executing the script, nohup
> > > should not be needed.
> > >
> > > galen
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