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anurag kohli
Asked: 2010-12-01 12:58:14 +0800 CST

Using nohup on Solaris 10

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I need to transfer a large number of files over SFTP (only between Solaris servers) which takes a very long time. I cannot keep my PC on for this duration. I tried:

nohup sftp server1

While the shell is open, I see files are downloaded. When I close the shell it stops. In ps -ef I don't see the sftp process. The file nohup.out states: Killed by signal 15

If instead I do ctrl-z, bg, disown it works. However this requires the bash shell. I'd prefer a solution for ksh.

Thanks.

solaris unix nohup

4 Answers

  1. Best Answer
    • Start your sftp session as usual: sftp server1
    • Put it in the background with Ctrl+Z
    • Disconnect it from its parent with nohup -ga $(pgrep sftp)
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  2. Sounds like a perfect task for GNU Screen.

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  3. I don't use KSH myself, but have you tried:

    nohup sftp server1 &
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  4. Could you not use scp in a script ? This is non-interactive and therefore doesnt require a terminal, and will work fine with nohup.

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