https://mrtomlinux.org/tags/homelab/ Recent content in Homelab on Linux Café Hugo en Wed, 20 May 2026 09:30:22 +0200 https://mrtomlinux.org/post/2026-05-20-taming-background-tasks-with-nohup-and-system/ Wed, 20 May 2026 09:30:22 +0200 https://mrtomlinux.org/post/2026-05-20-taming-background-tasks-with-nohup-and-system/ <h2 id="introduction-to-background-tasks">Introduction to Background Tasks</h2> <p>As someone who&rsquo;s spent years running a homelab, I&rsquo;ve learned that managing background tasks can be a real challenge. You&rsquo;ve got scripts and commands that need to keep running, even after you&rsquo;ve logged out of your system. In my experience, <code>nohup</code> and <code>systemd</code> have been the two most useful tools for getting this done.</p> <h2 id="what-is-nohup">What is nohup?</h2> <p><code>nohup</code> is a simple command that lets you run a process in the background, ignoring the SIGHUP signal that&rsquo;s sent when the controlling terminal closes. This means you can start a process with <code>nohup</code>, log out, and the process will just keep on running. Here&rsquo;s an example:</p>