Run Ruby script in the background

Question

I have a Ruby script that I need to have running all the time in my Linux box. I tried nohup ruby ruby.rb& but it seems it doesn\'t work.

How can I have

Answer 1

Depending on your needs:

fork do
  Process.setsid
  sleep 5
  puts "In daemon"
end
puts "In control script"

In real life you will have to reopen STDOUT/STDERR.