RE: Background Tasks

Posted in 1995

CRAIG@CHEMISTRY.CHEM.UTAH.EDU — 30 Oct 1995 16:38:03 -0500 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

What flavor of Unix and what shell are you using? You're probably just missing the "nohup" command which will intercept the SIGTERM(?) signal sent as you log off. For example: nohup your_pgm 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null & --Craig (craig@chemistry.utah.edu) > > I have a program that uses embedded sql commans and need to > run it as a background task. This is in C/UNIX. Now I know how to > run a background task but I can't keep this running after I log off. > I have other non INFORMIX processes running in this mode and there > is no problem with them. If any one can help I thank them in advance. >