Nohup.out part II

[Igaduma]

Hi all,

The process I started with the nohup script > nohup.out is generating waaay to many data, in 3 days it generated a 100Mb file which is not good.

Before, when I started it without specifying the output file it didn't seem to generate an output file, so no worries about /home being 100% full.

Is there a way to specify the nohup.out file to a location that doesn't exists so it will not increase untill 100% space reached? /dev/null maybe ?

Thanks;
I

 

[jad]

you could always:

cd
rm nohup.out
ln -s /dev/null nohup.out

 

[Igaduma]

Hi Jad,
Just to understand what I'm doing:

That would create a symbolic link from /dev/null to nohup.out so that anything written to nohup.out would end up at /dev/null

How can you actually "describe" /dev/null ?

Will anything thrown at it really end up nowhere ?

Thanks,
I

 

[KenCunningham]

/dev/null is sometimes referred to as the 'bit-bucket'. See:

http://www.developerpit.com/jargon/html/entry/bit-bucket.html

for a slightly fuller explanation. HTH.

 

[Igaduma]

Hi Ken,

Aaha, always thought'd it ment exactly just that..."The Great Bit Bucket In The Sky" but never had a real use for it. untill now.

Thanks for the info, will try it out

I