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diff --git a/mod/web/blog/content/log/nohup.md b/mod/web/blog/content/log/nohup.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..64f7983 --- /dev/null +++ b/mod/web/blog/content/log/nohup.md @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +--- +title: "Spawning background processes" +date: "2024-11-17" +--- + +Working in a terminal, +I often pair my editor with a background process watching files. +Before reaching for terminal multiplexers, +see if you can get away with simple tty job control. +Spawn the background process, +still attached to the terminal instance: + +``` +program args & +``` + +Also redirect its output to a file, +for when the process writes to the tty from the background: + +``` +nohup program args & +``` + +Extra reading: + +- <https://jvns.ca/blog/2024/07/03/reasons-to-use-job-control/> |