On Fri, 2009-10-30 at 08:02 -0700, Suvayu Ali wrote: > Hi Dan, > > On Friday 30 October 2009 03:11 AM, Dan Track wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 9:56 AM, Cameron Simpson<cs@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On 30Oct2009 09:42, Dan Track<dan.track@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> | Hi, > >> | > >> | I'm trying to run mutliple commands from the command line while using > >> | nohup. But I can't seem to get the syntax right, can someone please > >> | correct this for me > >> | > >> | nohup cmd 1;cm2;cmd3 > >> | > >> | All i get is that cmd1 runs from wiht nohup but the rest run in my > >> | current shell. I'd like all to be run with the single nohup command, > >> | any thoughts? > >> > >> Syntacticly that's three command. A semicolon is like a newline, so its > >> as though you've typed: > >> > >> nohup cmd 1 > >> cmd2 > >> cmd3 > >> > >> Since nohup expects one command, you need one command. SInce you want > >> three, invoke the shell as your command: > >> > >> nohup sh -c 'cmd1; cmd2; cmd3' > >> > >> Cheers, > > Hi Cameron, > > > > Many thanks for that gem. > > I often find nohup very unreliable. I have had jobs fail submitted with > nohup. I was thinking of switching to using screen. Maybe you could give > that a try? Screen is not an option if you want to set up a long-running job and log out. In what way has nohup failed on you? It's one of the oldest commands in the Shell toolbox and I've never had a problem with it. Note that it's often a good idea to run it thus: nohup command > OUTPUT 2>&1 & poc -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
