How to run python script in background after i logout

[Benji York]

Harlin Seritt wrote:
> python script.py &
> 
> It runs fine. When I log off ssh I notice that the script died when I
> logged off. How do I make sure it stays running?

As another reply stated, cron is probably what you really want, but to 
answer your question literally:  you want the "nohup" command (short for 
"no hangup", as in the HUP signal).  You would run it like so:

nohup python script.py &

see "man nohup" and "info coreutils nohup" for more info.
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Benji York