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Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2014 16:13:51 +0200
From: meino.cramer@gmx.de
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Subject: [gentoo-user] Running a program on a headless computer ?
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Hi,

I want to run programs, which insist on haveing a terminal
to write their status to and which are writing files which
their results on a headless computer (beaglebone).

I tried things like 

    my_program -o file.txt -parameter value > /dev/null &2>&1 &

but this results in a idle copy of this process and a defunct
child.

The program does not use X11 in any way...

Is there any neat trick to accomplish what I am trying to do here?

Thank you very much in advance for any help!
Best regards,
mcc