How to run python script in background after i logout

[James David]

"Harlin Seritt" <harlinseritt at yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I have a remote linux server where I can only access it via ssh. I have
> a script that I need to have run all the time. I run like so:
>
> python script.py &
>
> It runs fine. When I log off ssh I notice that the script died when I
> logged off. How do I make sure it stays running?

It sounds like you want to run your script as a daemon.

There are ways to do this and it is more of a *nix issue, but google
"python" and "run as a daemon". Also check out the createDaemon() function.