Re: nohup Mathematica
- To: mathgroup at yoda.physics.unc.edu
- Subject: Re: nohup Mathematica
- From: hoeksema at ics.eltn.utwente.nl (Fokke Hoeksema)
- Date: Thu, 3 Dec 92 10:58:32 GMT
Anonymous asked:
> Help!
>
> I would like to run a Mathematica program during the
> holidays. I want to make sure it is running before I logout,
> which is why I use "nohup" (unix system). But I also want to keep
> it running after I logout. I can't seem to get it working.
>
> I thought something like at the command line but when I try it, mma quits
> my proccess does not continue running:
>
> /usr/5bin/nohup math<my_mma_script>outputofmma &
>
>
> Does anyone have any ideas. (I use Sun Platform)
>
I think you should use the UNIX "at" command to solve your problem.
It works well during hollidays and I am quite shure that, if you
choose the starting time before you leave, that it allows you to
inspect your "outputofmma" file.
Here's the first part of the UNIX manual page concerning "at":
AT(1) USER COMMANDS AT(1)
NAME
at, batch - execute a command or script at a specified time
DESCRIPTION
at and batch read commands from standard input to be exe-
cuted at a later time. at allows you to specify when the
commands should be executed, while jobs queued with batch
will execute as soon as the system load level permits.
regards,
Fokke W. Hoeksema
Department of Electrical Engineering
University of Twente
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