how can i use nohup?

[fgagliazzo]

i made this simple script

#!/bin/sh

# Enter your shell script code here
qtde=$(ps aux | grep "server.js" | grep -v grep | wc -l)

if [ $qtde -lt 1 ]
then
  nohup node /home/ubuntu/server.js > server.out &
else
  echo "server is up"
fi

but it keeps running until it times out in Active Jobs...

[jhuckaby]

I'm not sure why that isn't working, although I am not an expert at backgrounding processes in this fashion.

Can you try running your server in a screen session perhaps?

screen -dmS root "node /home/ubuntu/server.js"

You may have to apt-get install screen first.

We need a Linux expert up in here!

[mikeTWC1984]

@fgagliazzo

I think you need to detach both stdout and stderr. Try:

nohup node /home/ubuntu/server.js  1>server.out 2>server.out  &