Re: [Fab-user] Design pattern for launching a remote program that does not return?

[Paul Hoffman]

I believe this falls under a Fabric-level FAQ:

    http://www.fabfile.org/faq.html#why-can-t-i-run-programs-in-the-background-with-it-makes-fabric-hang

It does indeed: thanks! As a point of reference, I tested running the program I wanted under "nohup" before sending my message; it failed. I am really wanting to avoid the first solution, so will try tmux, screen or dtach first.