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disown disown [-ar] [-h] [jobspec ...] Without options, each jobspec is removed from the table of active jobs. If the `-h' option is given, the

by mcantor 16y ago

disown disown [-ar] [-h] [jobspec ...] Without options, each jobspec is removed from the table of active jobs. If the `-h' option is given, the job is not removed from the table, but is marked so that SIGHUP is not sent to the job if the shell receives a SIGHUP. If jobspec is not present, and neither the `-a' nor `-r' option is supplied, the current job is used. If no jobspec is supplied, the `-a' option means to remove or mark all jobs; the `-r' option without a jobspec argument restricts operation to running jobs. The important part: That means... $ ./some_really_long_process (crud... I forgot to open GNU Screen first!) ^Z [1]+ Stopped $ bg [1]+ ./some_really_long_process & $ disown $ pgrep some_really_long_process 12349 $ logout Now, log in again... $ pgrep some_really_long_process 12349 I do not know of a way to "reclaim" a disowned process, though.

nodata 16y ago
> I do not know of a way to "reclaim" a disowned process, though. http://caca.zoy.org/wiki/neercs http://caca.zoy.org/wiki/neercs Maybe someone can rip out the relevant parts and create "reattach" and get it in coreutils :)
- imurray 16y ago
  I'll have to try this. I have tried http://pasky.or.cz/~pasky/dev/retty/ http://pasky.or.cz/~pasky/dev/retty/ before, with limited success. It would reattach a terminal running vim, but not Matlab, and was generally a bit flakey. EDIT: I have now tried neercs. Like retty, vim can be stolen but attempting to steal zsh shell or Matlab sessions causes crashes. I was once told VMS used to have decent native support for reattaching terminals? It's frustrating that we don't have this ability (at least not seemlessly) now. There was a project to make screen easier to use, integrating it with gnome-terminal: http://monia.wordpress.com/2006/08/31/integrating-gnome-terminal-and-screen/ http://monia.wordpress.com/2006/08/31/integrating-gnome-term... but the patches were never accepted.

by mcantor 16y ago

nodata 16y ago

> I do not know of a way to "reclaim" a disowned process, though. http://caca.zoy.org/wiki/neercs http://caca.zoy.org/wiki/neercs Maybe someone can rip out the relevant parts and create "reattach" and get it in coreutils :)

imurray 16y ago
I'll have to try this. I have tried http://pasky.or.cz/~pasky/dev/retty/ http://pasky.or.cz/~pasky/dev/retty/ before, with limited success. It would reattach a terminal running vim, but not Matlab, and was generally a bit flakey. EDIT: I have now tried neercs. Like retty, vim can be stolen but attempting to steal zsh shell or Matlab sessions causes crashes. I was once told VMS used to have decent native support for reattaching terminals? It's frustrating that we don't have this ability (at least not seemlessly) now. There was a project to make screen easier to use, integrating it with gnome-terminal: http://monia.wordpress.com/2006/08/31/integrating-gnome-terminal-and-screen/ http://monia.wordpress.com/2006/08/31/integrating-gnome-term... but the patches were never accepted.