Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.uk> [14-09-28 20:44]: > On Sun, 28 Sep 2014 16:13:51 +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > I want to run programs, which insist on haveing a terminal > > to write their status to and which are writing files which > > their results on a headless computer (beaglebone). > > > > I tried things like > > > > my_program -o file.txt -parameter value > /dev/null &2>&1 & > > > > but this results in a idle copy of this process and a defunct > > child. > > nohup may do what you want. > > Or you can do it with at, if atd is running > > echo "my_program -o file.txt -parameter value" | at now > > > -- > Neil Bothwick > > A wok is what you throw at a wabbit.
Hi all, first of all: Thanks a lot for all offered help and the various suggested method to acchieve what I wanted... :) Since the device I use is an embedded system (Beaglebone black) memory consumption of the software is more important as it is on a fully blown PC... The 'nohup' method works for me like a charm! And it is straight forward and uses less memory. Best regards, mcc
