Issue
I'm running a simple script to connect to the serial port of my electricity monitor and save the output to a file:
cu -s 57600 -l /dev/ttyUSB0 >> /var/www/power.txt
I'd ideally like to set this off going in the background and leave it running, I think I might need a daemon for this? Does anyone have any experience using cu unattended?
Thanks, Laurence
Solution
I haven't used cu before, but in general you can make a command run in the background by putting & after it.
e.g
cu -s 57600 -l /dev/ttyUSB0 >> /var/www/power.txt &
Answered By - Angus Answer Checked By - David Marino (WPSolving Volunteer)