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Grunt exec running a node command in background

I'm trying to run grunt with a js script. The script start up a server that should be listening all the time in background. To it I'm using grunt and grunt-exec, and my exec.js is like that

start: {
        cmd: function () {
            var start = 'node server.js &';
            console.info('Starting');
            return start;
        }
    }

When I run grunt exec:start the process finish but the server is not running.

Same command without '&' works but it's not the wanted.

I've tried to move the command to a bash but the result is the same, the server is never started when the character '&' is added, neither in the .sh nor in the grunt-exec command.

Solution

  • Finally I solved it changing the command:

    var start = "nohup node server.js";

    I.t seems run in background properly.