: bash command help - nohup

[Dan Track]

On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 9:56 AM, Cameron Simpson <cs at zip.com.au> wrote:
> On 30Oct2009 09:42, Dan Track <dan.track at gmail.com> wrote:
> | Hi,
> |
> | I'm trying to run mutliple commands from the command line while using
> | nohup. But I can't seem to get the syntax right, can someone please
> | correct this for me
> |
> | nohup cmd 1;cm2;cmd3
> |
> | All i get is that cmd1 runs from wiht nohup but the rest run in my
> | current shell. I'd like all to be run with the single nohup command,
> | any thoughts?
>
> Syntacticly that's three command. A semicolon is like a newline, so its
> as though you've typed:
>
>  nohup cmd 1
>  cmd2
>  cmd3
>
> Since nohup expects one command, you need one command. SInce you want
> three, invoke the shell as your command:
>
>  nohup sh -c 'cmd1; cmd2; cmd3'
>
> Cheers,
Hi Cameron,

Many thanks for that gem.

Cheers