HELP - Redirect output of already running process?

[rardoe at rarcom.com (Chris Tresco)]

You could use either screen, which is the preferred util of me, or nohup.


Chris

ps.  screen is a util EVERYONE should grow to love


> -----Original Message-----
> From: discuss-admin at blu.org [mailto:discuss-admin at blu.org]On Behalf Of
> Robert La Ferla
> Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 2:28 PM
> To: discuss at blu.org
> Subject: HELP - Redirect output of already running process?
> 
> 
> Bash Gurus,
> 
> Two questions:
> 
> I have an important process that is generating a lot of output that I 
> need to keep running until it finishes.  I need to redirect the output 
> to /dev/null or to a file BUT I can't restart the process.  I need to do 
> this while it is running.  I tried a few things with "bg" but it didn't 
> quite work.
> 
> Secondly, I need to logout yet keep the process running.  The process is 
> multi-threaded if that matters...
> 
> Thanks,
> Robert
> 
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