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ElectroCamel
ElectroCamel

Reputation: 13

Google Compute Engine automatically kills python executable

I have a Python file that needs to be constantly running (a Telegram bot), but if I run in the background 

python bot.py &

and then gracefully end the SSH connection, after a while the bot stops responding and I have to connect and launch it again.

How can I stop this from happening? If i cannot, how can I check when it is dead and relaunch it?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1234

Answers (1)

maxadorable
maxadorable

Reputation: 1284

chmod +x bot.py

Do this to your python file to make it executable

nohup /path/to/script/bot.py &

The nohup will run the script in the background while the & will keep it running after you close the terminal

To check if your script is still running ps -e | grep bot.py

To see any errors run cat nohup.out

Upvotes: 3

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