Linux 'nohup' command
That's what makes Linux so good: you put in something, and that effort multiplies. It's a positive feedback cycle. ----- Linus Torvald nohup is a POSIX command which means "no hang up". Its purpose is to execute a command such that it ignores the HUP (hangup) signal and therefore does not stop when the user logs out. An output that would normally go to the terminal goes to a file called nohup.out, if it has not already been redirected. The first of the commands below starts the program abcd in the background in such a way that the subsequent logout does not stop it. $ nohup abcd & $ exit On Linux, running a job with nohup automatically clos...