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How long can a job run (using the nohup command) after logout??  I'm
trying to run a job, but it keeps on timing out (and I need it to run
longer).  Assuming I do *not* want to stay logged in the whole time,
what is the "theoretical" limit my job will keep running using nohup??

Thanks!!

Quote:>I'm
>trying to run a job, but it keeps on timing out (and I need it to run
>longer).

What exactly do you mean by "it keeps on timing out"?

Quote:> Assuming I do *not* want to stay logged in the whole time,
>what is the "theoretical" limit my job will keep running using nohup??

nohup doesn't impose any limit whatsoever on how long a job can keep
running.

If you know beforehand that you want to run a job and not stay logged
in all the time start it with batch(1) or "at now + 1 min" if batch
isn't available.

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