detach-process

Spawn a new process and detach it from the current interactive session.

Installation

Make sure the installed gcc compilers work without errors on the current operating system. To install this package as a standalone application with the command-line interface you are to run the following command:

sudo sh -c "$(curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vladpunko/detach-process/master/install.sh)"

You can also install this system package on your working machine (works for unix-like operating systems) from source code to /usr/local/bin as the standard system location for user's programs (this location can be changed at the user's discretion):

# Step -- 1.
git clone --depth=1 --branch=master https://github.com/vladpunko/detach-process.git

# Step -- 2.
cd ./detach-process/

# Step -- 3.
gcc -Wall -Wextra -Werror -Wno-unused-parameter detach.c -o detach

# Step -- 4.
sudo install -m 755 detach /usr/local/bin/detach

Basic usage

Using this program allows you to create a new detached process avoiding complex shell pipelines in the current interactive session. It protects you from the trouble of closing an application which is the parent process of a different program.

detach ping -c 10 google.com  # pgrep ping | xargs ps -p

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. Please open an issue first to discuss what should be changed.

Please make sure this system package works without errors.

# Step -- 1.
python3 -m venv .venv && source ./.venv/bin/activate && pip install cpplint pre-commit

# Step -- 2.
pre-commit install --config .githooks.yml

# Step -- 3.
cpplint detach.c

License

MIT