Randolph Maaßen <r.maasse...@gmail.com> [14-09-28 16:24]: > On Sep 28, 2014 4:14 PM, <meino.cra...@gmx.de> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I want to run programs, which insist on haveing a terminal > > to write their status to and which are writing files which > > their results on a headless computer (beaglebone). > > > > I tried things like > > > > my_program -o file.txt -parameter value > /dev/null &2>&1 & > > > > but this results in a idle copy of this process and a defunct > > child. > > > > The program does not use X11 in any way... > > > > Is there any neat trick to accomplish what I am trying to do here? > > > > Thank you very much in advance for any help! > > Best regards, > > mcc > > > > > > > > I would suggest to run the program in a screen session, you can disconnect > frim the session and reconnect later. > > http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/ > > -- > Best regards > Randolph Maaßen
Hi Randolph, ...the headless device will be booted and the programm will be startet via a kind of autostart script. No human intervention is wanted/possible... Best regards, mcc
