Re: Detatch and re-attatch shell/process?
install vncserver. That gives you a whole X windows environment that you
can visit when you want.
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David Smead
http://www.amplepower.com.
On Thu, 18 Apr 2002, Troy Telford wrote:
> Is there a way in Linux (or UNIX and its cousins in general) to run a
> process (like a long, gnarled process that can take several hours/days),
> and detatch it from a shell such that it runs in the background (with
> stdin/out going to a file)?
>
> And to be somewhat more specific - how do you do it so you can
> re-attatch to the process later?
>
> Specifics:
> I would like to be able to:
>
> * Start a HDL synthesis running in the background of a computer.
> * Log out of the computer entirely, leaving that process (and
> subprocesses) running.
> * Log back in later (hours, days) and either re-enter the program just
> as I left it, or view all the log files.
>
> This is a problem for many of us working at my university's Sunlab (We
> call it such because they have Sun workstations). Those of us who have
> to run these HDL synthesis processes (although there are other
> simulation apps that need this ability as well) would like to be able to
> start our process, logout, and leave. This way, the actual workstation
> is still accessible to anybody else who needs it, will be able to use
> it. Sure, programs may run a bit (OK, a *lot*) slower - but that is a
> vast improvement over a lab full of 'locked' machines; espescially since
> not everybody even needs to use the machines for CPU/memory-intensive
> operations.
>
> I'm thinking this may be possible (somewhat) using 'nohup'
>
> But is there anything else that allows this?
>
>
>
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