how to make running process run in background and don't stop when logged out?

Question

I am running a process in remote server(redhat linux) which takes very long time.

And I need be away for sometime, I want it to be running in background and don't stop when log out.

Just like

nohup command &

Is there any method can do this?

What's wrong with `nohup`? It should do exactly what you want. — kalhartt, Nov 27 '13 at 14:03
check if you don't have a ulimit on your user that send other signal to the process than hangup signals so stoping even with the nohup — NeronLeVelu, Nov 27 '13 at 14:11

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 27 '13 at 14:15

You can use GNU Screen or tmux

those are terminal multiplexer which allow you to start a process and detach it from the console. You can then logout and re-attach later.

eg. with screen

screen -S title
# start your process inside screen
Ctrl A D # to detach 
logout

... later ...

login
screen -r title # re attach

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