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I lean towards nohup time whatever >whatever.out & because so many programs behave differently when attached to a tty (like prompting for input) and I just

I lean towards nohup time whatever >whatever.out & because so many programs behave differently when attached to a tty (like prompting for input) and I just want a plain text log that says when it succeeded or where it blew up.

jlgreco 13y ago
Well that is fine, but that is only covering a very small sliver of what screen/tmux are used for.
- mturmon 13y ago
  Agreed, and my problem with even the usage above is that I often realize too late that "whatever" is not going to finish before I need to unplug. Then I have to kill "whatever" and restart with nohup and logging. tmux/screen always has me covered.
  - jlgreco 13y ago
    Obviously I think tmux/screen is the better option, but bash's builtin 'disown' may have you covered for that specific usecase.
    - mturmon 13y ago
      Thanks for the tip, I didn't know about "disown".