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Created October 22, 2016 07:41
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Self-detaching shell script
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self-detach.sh
#!/bin/bash
# self-detach.sh
# Self-detaching shell script
#------------------------------------------
if [ -z "$_DETACHED_" ]
then
# Run this script silently in background
# mode with low priority
_DETACHED_=1 nohup nice sh $0 &>/dev/null
exit 0
fi
#------------------------------------------
# Perform some task here
# ...
exit 0
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