ref: nohup (GNU coreutils) 8.23 1] Wouldn't it be useful for nohup to indicate the PID of the process it spawns?
1.1] What comes to mind would be to have nohup send the PID to either STDOUT or STDERR, and also to send it as a first line to its output file. 1.1.1] It would also be helpful for nohup to send to its output file the text of the command line that it spawned. 1.2] This would be useful to help: 1.2.1] track the process 1.2.2] send it signals 1.2.3] identify what exactly this output file is recording 1.3] This behavior would be consistent with what bash does when ending a comamnd with '&'; it indicates the PID and job number. 2.] Also, I would find it useful for nohup to have options to produce a {quasi-,}unique output file: 2.1] nohup_${PID}.out 2.2] nohup_${PID}_${RANDOM}.out For your consideration, -- hkp://keys.gnupg.net CA45 09B5 5351 7C11 A9D1 7286 0036 9E45 1595 8BC0