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How to redirect a running process output to a file and log out
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background.sh
ctrl-z
bg
touch /tmp/stdout
touch /tmp/stderr
gdb -p $!
# In GDB
p dup2(open("/tmp/stdout", 1), 1)
p dup2(open("/tmp/stderr", 1), 2)
detach
quit
# Back in shell
disown
logout
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