Detach from terminal

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Re: Detach from terminal by halley (Prior) on Aug 26, 2003 at 15:48 UTC
Another method is to simply ignore the HUP signals which get raised by a dying controlling terminal. `$ nohup myscript.pl &` [download] -- `[ e d @ h a l l e y . c c ]`	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Detach from terminal by Fletch (Bishop) on Aug 26, 2003 at 15:35 UTC
Search `perldoc perlipc` for "Complete Dissociation of Child from Parent". I think Net::Daemon also will do this for you.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Detach from terminal by Mr_Person (Hermit) on Aug 26, 2003 at 16:15 UTC
I'd recommend taking a look at Proc::Daemon. It's fairly simple to use and makes sure that you are completely detached from any terminal.	[reply]
Re: Detach from terminal by VSarkiss (Monsignor) on Aug 26, 2003 at 15:49 UTC
Not clear from your description, but it sounds like a shell issue, not a Perl issue. Try starting the program with, e.g., `nohup myscript.pl &`. You can read about `nohup` in the documentation for your particular shell.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Detach from terminal by Anonymous Monk on Aug 26, 2003 at 15:40 UTC
Nevermind. I decided to try a fork and that seems to work well. `my $pid = fork(); exit(1) if $pid < 0; exit(0) if $pid > 0;` [download]	[reply] [d/l]