I was trying to use nohup like that:
nohup python fibo.py & > a.out When I do so and try to exit from the shell it prompts that "you have running jobs". But that should not be the case.
$ nohup python test.py & > a.txt [1] 21608 $ nohup: ignoring input and appending output to ‘nohup.out’ $ jobs -l [1] + 21608 Running nohup python test.py & > a.txt $ exit You have running jobs When you run
$ nohup some-command & there is a job running in the background until some-command exits. nohup only disconnects the command from the terminal; disown removes it from the jobs list. It seems to me your intended syntax is
$ nohup python test.py > a.out & disown Note that the syntax used in the question has > a.out after the & that ends the command. This means that the output of test.py is not being sent to a.out — instead, it is being appended to nohup.out as the message indicates.
nohupexactly? What was the invocation? What is the output of thejobscommand?nohup your_commandand than use ctrl+z to send it to background it may say that it is already running. You can usebgafter that to properly send it to background or better use correct nohup syntax in the first place:nohup your_command &