> The commands can also look like: > > Under /bin/sh, /bin/ksh, /bin/bash, etc: > > nohup ./startup.sh -f server_1.xml > /tmp/mytomcat.log 2>&1 & This means: nohup -- do not kill process on terminal interrupt > file -- redirect STDOUT to file 2>&1 -- join STDERR(2) with STDOUT (1) & put to background > Under /bin/csh or /bin/tcsh > > nohup ./startup.sh -f server_1.xml >&! & I made a mistake here and forgot to put the file. SHould be: nohup ./startup.sh -f server_1.xml >&! /tmp/mytomcat.log & >&! means: send STDERR and STDOUT to a file and overwrite file if exists & means: do it in background Jan K. Labanowski | phone: 614-292-9279, FAX: 614-292-7168 Ohio Supercomputer Center | Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1224 Kinnear Rd, | http://www.ccl.net/chemistry.html Columbus, OH 43212-1163 | http://www.osc.edu/