%% Kai Grossjohann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
kg> Maurits van Rees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 02:03:15PM +0200, Kai Grossjohann wrote:
>>> David Jardine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>>
>>> > nuhup somecommand > somefile & sleep 1; tail -f somefile
>>>
>>> That will write "nohup: appending output to `nohup.out'" to the file
>>> somefile :-)
>>>
>>> The output from somecommand will still end up in nohup.out.
>>
>> No it won't. At least not on my system for a simple command like
>> 'ls':
kg> Oh! Fascinating. Does nohup look with isatty(3) to determine
kg> what it should do?
It must. I always use this:
nohup somecommand > somefile 2>&1 &
to run builds, etc. Or, if you're using bash you can use:
nohup somecommand &> somefile &
which makes it a little shorter.
I can't tell you how many times I've been glad that I had stderr in the
output file as well!! :-).
--
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> HASMAT--HA Software Mthds & Tools
"Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
These are my opinions--Nortel takes no responsibility for them.
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
