normally when you start nginx it will start another process, detach it from your shell and then exit. This leaves the other process running. https://en.wikiped

normally when you start nginx it will start another process, detach it from your shell and then exit. This leaves the other process running. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daemon_(computing) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daemon_(computing) https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17954432/creating-a-daemon-in-linux/17955149#17955149 https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17954432/creating-a-daem... When you don't let it fork you can easily hit control c to kill the server, make some config changes and then restart.