How to use the disown command: 2-Minute Linux Tips

The video tutorial explains the disown command, which allows users to detach a running process from their login session, ensuring it continues to run even after logging out. The command is a shell builtin, commonly used in bash. The tutorial provides a practical example by running a script in the background, disowning it, and demonstrating how it no longer appears in the jobs queue but continues to run. It also covers the behavior of such processes when logging off and back in, highlighting that they remain unaffected by the login shell.

What is the primary function of the disown command?

• To restart a process

• To detach a process from the login session

• To pause a process temporarily

• To terminate a process immediately

Which shell is mentioned as compatible with the disown command?

• zsh

• bash

• csh

• fish

In the example provided, what happens to the script after it is disowned?

• It stops running

• It continues running but is removed from the jobs queue

• It restarts automatically

• It becomes visible in the jobs queue

What is the effect of disowning a process on its visibility in the jobs queue?

• It is duplicated

• It is highlighted

• It becomes invisible

• It remains visible

After logging out and back in, what is true about a disowned process?

• It will continue running but not be associated with the login shell

• It will automatically restart

• It will be terminated

• It will appear in the jobs list