Re: [Hampshire] Cron script spawning too many programs?

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Author: Adrian Bridgett
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To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Cron script spawning too many programs?
On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 20:37:57 +0000 (+0000), AdamC wrote:
> Can anyone think of a reason why when cron executes a script many more
> programs start (at least over 5), but when I run the script from a
> shell, I get the correct amount of programs running that I am
> expecting?


won't you need to nohup (or disown) the programs otherwise I think the
shell kicked off by cron might stick around until the torrents have
finished downloading.

Adrian
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