Call a function using nohup

Question

I am trying to call a function using nohup like this:

function1(){
    while true 
    do
        echo "function1"
        sleep 1
    done
}

nohup function1 & 
# ...... some other code

but may be the function isn't seen by nohup and I get this error:

nohup: failed to run command `function1' : No such file or dictionary

I don't want to create new sh file for my function. How can I fix this?

Answer 1

Another solution:

function background {
    echo TEST
}
export -f background 

nohup bash -c background &