services

[John Hazen]

* Laurent Vincelette <lvincelette at videotron.ca> [2004-03-18 19:53]:
> I have a python script (file start with #!/usr/bin/python) that use 
> xmlrpclib to lessen and respond on port:8000. The problem is when I 
> close the shell (bash in remote with putty) the script stop to work. I 
> try to start it in backgroud with & but it dosent work. Finally I copy 
> and I try to modify the /etc/init.d/crond to start the script in 
> services (with start-stop-demon but I have the same problem... When I 
> close putty the script stop.
> 
> Someone have a idea?

try:

% nohup file.py &

It redirects the output (and stderr) to ./nohup.out, and prevents the
HUP signal from being sent to the process when you log out.

And if you want the service to run at startup, I'd probably create a
separate startup script (if it's running as a permament service, I don't
think cron has anything to do with it) which launches it and redirects
the output.

-John

<my first name> at hazen.net