keep bg process alive on logout

[ryan101]

Anyone know if it's possible to bg a process and keep it running even after logout? I've tried nohup, but it's an irc client so I need to interact when I bring it into the foreground.

Ideally I'd like to be able to ssh into my server, launch the program and when I'm ready to log out, Ctrl-Z and bg the process, exit my ssh and login again from a different machine and bring the same process to the foreground.

Basically I don't want to leave the chatroom when I switch machines.

 

[thedaver]

try running it as a daemon.
man daemon

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[dbase77]

Hi,

Check out screen application. With screen, you can attach and detach.

dbase77

 

[eanda10]

what about placing an "&" at the end of the command

 

[dbase77]

Hi,

you can't use "&" as it will kill the process when you logout. Since he want to use IRC, usually screen is your friend. There is no way you can use nohup as you need to re-attach afterward.

dbase77