Running Program on Linux Server Over Putty?

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I recently just set up a program on a Linux Server over Putty. I want this program to be running at all times and was wondering how I could do this without having to keep my own computer on at all times (because if I close Putty, the program is also killed). Would I need console access to the server? Sorry, kind of new to this :(

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score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 26 '14 at 14:01

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You need to run the application in the background using nohup. So if your application is called myappp and is located in the current directory execute

nohup ./myapp &

answered Jun 26 '14 at 14:01

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 26 '14 at 13:59

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Use GNU Screen

$ screen -R MY-SESSION-NAME
$ ./YOUR-PROGRAM
CTRL-A (release keys) D to detach

You can reattach with screen -ddR and list screen sessions with screen -ls. Read a tutorial like http://www.rackaid.com/blog/linux-screen-tutorial-and-how-to/ for more details

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Thanks! That seemed to work just perfectly! Such a simple question that I really should know :P – user2620747 Jun 26 '14 at 14:21

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:02

It seems your scenario is you´re running a program on a Linux box program througth putty from a Windows machine. And yuo want keep the program running even after closing the conection. Well for accomplish that you have tio ensure the program don´t close with your session, in other words it has to be independant. So, you need create a service (see: Making a script into a linux service) or run the script at linux startup.

You can then use putty just for configuring how the program starts. And not for start the program.

Running Program on Linux Server Over Putty?

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