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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Walter Prins <wpr...@gmail.com> Date: 2 September 2012 15:05 Subject: Re: [Tutor] Running a script in the background To: Michael Lewis <mjole...@gmail.com> On 2 September 2012 05:00, Michael Lewis <mjole...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> For windows not sure but for osx just add an & after the command. >> >> python myscript.py & > > > Thanks, but I know about that. I should have been more clear. What I want to > do is have the script run in the background without even seeing the > terminal. Adding the & after the command will let do other things, but the > terminal still needs to be open. Once the program is running, I don't want > either the terminal or the interpreter displayed. try: nohup python myscript.py & Then you can close the terminal afterwards. "nohup" means"no hangup". It tells the system that the python process launched as a result of this command should not be terminated when its parent shell is terminated. You can also put the above command in a shell script and run the script directly via whatever method suits you best. (Launcher, scheduled job, login script etc.) Walter -- Walter Prins Trendata Solutions Limited 26 Kirfield Drive, Hinckley, Leicestershire, LE10 1SX Tel: 01455 635 994 (fax/landline) 077 8713 1543 (mobile) Email: i...@trendatasolutions.ltd.uk Registered Office: 8 Emmanuel Court, 10 Mill Street, Birmingham, B72 1TJ Company registered in England No: 07364060 VAT No: 998 3569 37 _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
