Keep running a command when disconnect from SSH

stuartornum · 02-17-2006, 02:36 PM

hi,

Im running a Game server on a VPS,

I need to run this command once ./cod_lnxded

But when I disconnect from the server the game server stops obviously.

I just wanted to know what I could do.

Thanks

Hangdog42 · 02-17-2006, 02:45 PM

Check into using the screen command. When you log into SSH, you start a screen and that will survive when you log out. When you log back in, you can then connect to that screen if you need to do something else.

esteeven · 02-17-2006, 02:46 PM

check out screen......I use it to log in to an account using irrsi....but on my server. When I close the client, screen keeps running on my server. I can ssh back in later and open up the "screen" (reattach the screen = screen -r) and it's all still there. I imagine you can ssh into your server, invoke screen and then run your command. Close the terminal and your command will still be running on your server. It is only as I am typing this that I realise how odd it all sounds.....

spooon · 02-17-2006, 10:19 PM

You can also do "nohup <command> &". Can't reattach it though.