nohup - how does it work

[RaviPydi]

Hi,
I have to run a script in the background even when I exit. So I was using the following command.

nohup ScriptName.sh &

My environment is SunOS 5.8 and using Korn shell.

I am getting the message that nohup.out is created. But when I exit out, the process is getting killed and says you have running jobs.

I have run the same script with nohup on AIX and it was working fine. I am not sure if this is specific to Solaris. Any suggestions are welcome.

Thanks,
Ravi

 

[screwloose]

It is probably a stupid Solaris problem. I have found that using Korn Shell, if I run a build for an app, say apache, after it is complete I lose my connection to the server. This doesn’t happen using BASH. I have never had this problem on AIX using ksh!

 

[Annihilannic]

It is normal for it to say that you have running jobs. Are you sure it's being killed?

Annihilannic.