Running Java Daemons within Linux

Below is a small method for running Java daemons within Linux. The syntax is as follows:

  1. nohup is used so that it doesn’t get killed when user logs off
  2. </dev/null is used so that it doesn’t require a command-promt of it’s own
  3. & is used so that the Java daemon runs as a background process.
    #!/bin/bash

    nohup \
    [java binary] \
    [java file] \
    < /dev/null 2>&1 >/dev/null&
    Rick Donato

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