Does it make sense to use "nohup" in crontab?

Mark Sullivan

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05-24-2008, 05:01 PM

Usually the user uses "nohup" for two purposes when entering a command:

The command should not block the terminal and secondly the command should
continue to run even when the user logs out.

When I put now a command in the cronfile and start the crontab then using a nohup
seems to me not necessary because no terminal is blocked and the command is performde as service.

Is this view correct?

Or are there any scenarios when I should use nohup in crontab commands anyway?

Mark

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