I am using derby on a remote Ubuntu 12.04 server. The standard derby commands are all working correctly and I am able to open my databases and access them via ij. I need to be able to start and stop the server from the terminal while logging in and out between commands. The problem is that I can not find a way to run the server as a background process. The closest I have come is: nohup java -jar $DERBY_HOME/lib/derbyrun.jar server start & > ~/dblog.txt which works except that it requires I hit [enter] before returning to the command line. I am aware of the daemon package but I am uncertain of whether it will allow me to then stop the server. What would be helpful is a explanation of how tomcat manages it since that is my app server.
You can use commands like "kill" or "killall" to kill your background process. Use "jobs" command to see list of running process you've sent to background. Also you can put them back in foreground by doing - "fg %n" (where n is the job number) and kill it using CTRL-C.