[PLUG] nohup question

[Ken Stephens]

Rich,

Why not let cron run the downloads?

Ken

On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 9:24 PM Ben Koenig <techkoenig at gmail.com> wrote:

> Oh! The shameless docker promotion! :-P
>
> Another +1 here for screen. It really is the K.I.S.S. solution.
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 8:51 PM Russell Senior <russell at personaltelco.net>
> wrote:
>
> > +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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