On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 10:06 AM, Walter Prins <wpr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > nohup python myscript.py & > > Then you can close the terminal afterwards. "nohup" means"no hangup". > It tells the system that the python process launched as a result of > this command should not be terminated when its parent shell is > terminated.
bash starts a background process in a new group. When you close the terminal (SIGHUP), the OS won't forward the HUP to this group, but bash defaults to forwarding it. If you "exit", on the other hand, bash won't be around to forward anything. To skip forwarding HUP in any case, just "disown" the process. If you use nohup, you can avoid creating nohup.out files if you redirect stdout somewhere such as a log file or /dev/null. If instead you just "exit" or use "disown", remember to redirect both stdout and stderr so the program doesn't try to write to a non-existent tty. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
