Questions tagged [nohup]
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Using nohup on Solaris 10
I need to transfer a large number of files over SFTP (only between Solaris servers) which takes a very long time. I cannot keep my PC on for this duration. I tried:
nohup sftp server1
While the shell is open, I see files are downloaded. When I…
anurag kohli
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Nohup linux command waits for an additional return, how do I prevent this?
I'm running the following inside a bash script:
nohup java server_program.jar &
I want that to start running and go about its merry way. However, for some reason it says that it is ignoring input etc. and waits for an additional return keystroke. …
Travis
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nohup multiple sequential commands not logging output
I have a python script (which takes a lot of time to complete the execution) that I need to run several times varying the parameters. And it's executed in a remote machine. For instance and test purposes, take the following script test.py:
import…
Hemerson Tacon
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Create nohup.out file based on date
I am using nohup command to run a java web server application. This is the command i am using:
nohup java -jar WEB-SNAPSHOT.jar &
This command will create a nohup.out and my server logs are stored in this file. I want this file creation based on…
Ajit Soman
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Using nohup on remote SSH script, inside the script itself
I'm trying to use nohup + redirection + background operator ("&") to run a remote script via SSH and disconnect.
This works:
ssh -n fred@fredbox.local 'nohup sudo /opt/scripts/do-thing.sh arg1 arg2 >/dev/null 2>&1 '
I want to encapsulate the nohup…
JDS
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Nohup stops script after logging out
I have to run a python script in the background in my server. I am using the command:
nohup python MyScript.py &
in the command line. Now, when after running this I close the connection and log out and log in back it fails, I see that its not…
Akshay Bhasin
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How to kill all process on ssh logout? (Kill running Background proccess started with screen etc)
Hi i have a multiuser centos server running. There are for example 3 users (non root) - each of them have their own homedir.
SSH Login is allowed (bash).
How could it be reached, if a user started a background process…
bubele
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how to run nohup when prompted for password and/or input parameter
I typically use nohup like so:
nohup ./myscript.sh 11111 > nohup.out &
Where 11111 is an input parameter. In this case, the application is prompting for a password and I'm unable to use nohup.
How do I get around this if I'm prompted for a…
noober
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Why does my command stop when I exit SSH?
I am running the following command in a loop (without notable memory leaks) as a cPanel user:
nohup php ~/www/app/console.php run clean 1> /dev/null 2> ~/www/logs/run_clean.log &
But when I exit SSH, the command always stops. When I do a htop as…
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nohup create multiple process
I am using nohup for the script run inotify command, because inotify stop when I exit from terminal so I want the script to run on background. so I run the script like this
nohup /path/to/script.sh >/dev/null 2>&1 &
the problem is not nohup create…
Daniel
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terminate a processed launched by nohup
I have loaded debian etch into my NAS and I am trying to use it to routinely extract information from a website. Since there are quite a lot of pages to download, I used the nohup command, like this:
nohup ./script.sh $
Then the script runs as…
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Virtualbox: prevent a virtual machine to go down after I log out from the consolle I lanched the VM from
I have this problem.
I login remotely to a machine with Virtualbox installed by launching:
ssh -Y root@virtualbox
After that, I launch a Virtual Machine:
nohup VBoxSDL --startvm vm1
or
nohup VBoxSDL --startvm vm1 &
After that, I don't have the…
Daniele
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can you run a shell command via nohup at later time?
I'd like to run a script at 6pm on a remote server but don't want to wait around to trigger it. I don't want to use cron since it's a one time deal.
Can I do something like "nohup myscript &" with a "sleep" or "after" command?
Thanks!
user41172
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Keeping processes alive when closing SSH connection on MobaXTerm
I'm facing somme issue when trying to keep process alive when shutting down session in MobaXTerm.
I have a java process which should run on a linux server.
I am using two commands, nohup and screen.
For nohup, i am using the following command > …
Sebr
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resume tar command when nohup/screen is not possible
I have a dataset which is quite big - a few petabytes.
Untarring it into a new filesystem takes a couple days. The problem is that the server does not allow me to have a process running over 24h - it gets killed, whether I want it or not.
This…
