How do I put an already-running process under nohup?

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flybywire picture flybywire · Mar 9, 2009 · Viewed 454.5k times · Source

I have a process that is already running for a long time and don't want to end it.

How do I put it under nohup (that is, how do I cause it to continue running even if I close the terminal?)

Answer

Node picture Node · Mar 9, 2009

Using the Job Control of bash to send the process into the background:

  1. Ctrl+Z to stop (pause) the program and get back to the shell.
  2. bg to run it in the background.
  3. disown -h [job-spec] where [job-spec] is the job number (like %1 for the first running job; find about your number with the jobs command) so that the job isn't killed when the terminal closes.

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