I need to execute a background job in Python and do not wait or block.
How? e.g.
os.system('my long job')
The above will block. I want to fire and forget.
How can this be done in Python?
Thanks
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Take a look on this: http://askubuntu.com/questions/106351/running-programs-in-the-background-from-terminal Works as well. – rafaeldefazio Jan 28 '15 at 16:22
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The subprocess module might be what oyu are looking for https://docs.python.org/2/library/subprocess.html#module-subprocess – Daniel Jan 28 '15 at 16:53