Have python script run in background of unix
yes, by running your python script with nohup (no hangup), your script won't keel over when the network is severed and the trailing & symbol will run your script in the background.
You can still view the output of your script, nohup will pipe the stdout to the nohop.out file. You can babysit the output in real time by tailing that output file:
$ tail -f nohop.outquick note about the nohup.out file...
nohup.out The output file of the nohup execution if standard output is a terminal and if the current directory is writable.or append the command with & to run the python script as a deamon and tail the logs.
$ nohup python python_script.py > my_output.log &$ tail -f my_output.log
You can use nohup
chomd +x /path/to/script.pynohup python /path/to/script.py &
Or
Instead of closing your terminal, use logout It is not SIGHUP when you do logout thus the shell won't send a SIGHUP to any of its children.children.