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Sam I Am · Jan 22, 2002, 12:27 PM

Since RC5 for OS X is a command line app, can you make RC5 run in the background, like mysql or apache? so that it works even if you are logged out? I run RC5 when i'm on the computer but must leave it logged out when I'm away and so it pretty much defeats the purpose unless i can have it running all the time...

Thanks in advance

reader50 · Jan 22, 2002, 01:47 PM

Check the team site for cronning instructions. If you run RC5 off the System's or Root's crontab, it will run even if everyone is logged out.

Also, you could try this. Open a Terminal window, su to root, cd to the RC5 folder, and start it up. Then close that Terminal window. Check with Processviewer, or with top in a different Terminal window. dnetc should still be running, under root ownership. Hopefully it would keep running even after you log out.

doggkruse · Jan 22, 2002, 02:23 PM

if you type nohup before the command you use to start it, it should stay running until you kill it, even through log outs.
Geoff

[APi]TheMan · Jan 22, 2002, 04:23 PM

Originally posted by doggkruse:
if you type nohup before the command you use to start it, it should stay running until you kill it, even through log outs.
Geoff

You can also run the program with the "&" parameter... "./dnetc &".. I think this should work as well.

discstickers · Jan 22, 2002, 04:45 PM

For me, it still runs even if I logout and I started it with my admin account.

Sam I Am · Jan 22, 2002, 05:46 PM

kick a**,

thanks guys...

I'm at work right now, I'll let you know if it works when i get home...

Ok now that i know how to do it in OS X what about OS 9 (i use multiple users)

Edit: Added the OS 9 question

[ 01-22-2002: Message edited by: Sam I Am ]

Sam I Am · Jan 22, 2002, 11:51 PM

I found that the

<BLOCKQUOTE>code:<HR><pre> sudo nohup ./dnetc [/code]

worked for me, thanks for the help

[ 01-23-2002: Message edited by: Sam I Am ]

legacyb4 · Feb 1, 2002, 05:11 PM

Dogg,

I found that while:

#!/bin/sh

cd /Applications/Others/dnet
sudo nohup ./dnetc

works great as a script, I'm tarting to accumulate a several megabtye nohup file in the same directory.

Safe to kill?

Cheers.

Originally posted by doggkruse:
if you type nohup before the command you use to start it, it should stay running until you kill it, even through log outs.
Geoff

Scotttheking · Feb 1, 2002, 05:42 PM

I find
./dnetc -quiet
to work just as well

SkiBikeSki · Feb 2, 2002, 01:54 AM

this works too, and is probably the easiest. run dnetc as normal in the terminal app. Then quit the terminal with dnetc running and click "quit anyway" in the dialog box that comes up. dnetc continues to run due to a minor minor flaw in the software. it will run if you log out, or do >console and don't even login. It will simply always run, until you kill it.

This won't work with SETI or Ubero though.

The & trick works well with SETI, just don't use the -verbose at the same time.

The nohup works with Ubero.