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pythonlinuxdjango-south

Run South Migration in Background

I have a Huge table A and it want to add db_index plus want to add a new field in A.

It takes me alot of time run the migration. I want to ask if I can run the migration in background?

Like

nohup python manage.py migrate my_app &

But I am not getting any output in the nohup.out file. I was wondering if my command is actually running, if so how much if have progressed?

Tried

pgrep -lf python

Any Suggestions? Why Am I not getting outputs in file?

Solution

  • If all you want is to run tasks in background and do not loose data with internet disconnect then Try using Screen module on linux

    sudo apt-get install screen

    Find the documentation here.