[ale] After 15 years, Nohup is sttll broken???

[Alex Carver]

On 2019-07-31 07:39, Neal Rhodes via Ale wrote:
> Well, I apply for Medicare in 6 months, so...
> 
> Yes, "screen" or "tmux" is a workaround.  I'm doing this server upgrade
> for admin staff that will have to handle it day-to-day.  IMHO, "screen"
> is a bit confusing for them to follow.   One cannot write down rote
> commands for figuring out which screen session you left if more than one
> is in play.
> 
> It all still begs the basic question: the man page for Nohup states the
> following as its description:   "Run COMMAND, ignoring hangup signals." 
>  Apparently it fails to do its one and only purpose in life.
> 
> Yes, we have gone back to use "at" instead, which DOES work no matter
> how the tty/ssh session dies.   But I still find it curious.


I use nohup all the time from ssh sessions and I close the ssh session
every time.  The application keeps running in the background.

However, I do start in the background to begin with (nohup cmd &)