ok... nohup /cloud_nfs/child_test.php > /dev/null & nohup /cloud_nfs/child_test.php > /dev/null 2>&1 & both appear to work... in this use case.. thanks! On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 12:28 PM, bruce <badouglas(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > Hey guys.. > > Maybe too much food over the weekend.. Maybe brain cells are fried! > > Created a basic/simple 5 line php test, It runs so chown/chmod are ok. > > However, when I then run it as a background process, and check the > procTBL, the PID is there.. the process never leaves, unless I > manually kill it.. so... what have I forgotten.. I know.. the homer > simpson (doh!!) is going to be painful on this one.. > > my test php > > ------------------------------ > #!/usr/bin/php > <?php > > sleep(5); > print "running child_test \n"; > > exit(); > ?> > > ----------------------------- > > running from the cmd line.. > > /cloud_nfs/child_test.php << runs fine, and not in procTBL after running.. > > trying to background from the cmd line.. > > /cloud_nfs/child_test.php & << never goes from procTBL unless > manually killed > > /cloud_nfs/child_test.php 2>&1 & << never goes from procTBL unless > manually killed > > So.. what did I screw up to run in background, and be removed from procTBL.. > > > > Thanks... > > (be nice!!)