Re: Re: Bot-Gate v2.3  
    By: Dan Clough to Rob McGee on Sun Jul 19 2026 09:33 am  
    
   DC> One last question - It's not a HUGE problem, but when I run the script  
  to  
   DC> start BotGate, it then sits there and displays log output as it runs,  
   DC> which is fine in itself, but...  I would rather not have the terminal  
   DC> window "tied up" with that.  I tried adding the '&' to the end of the  
   DC> command line, but it didn't seem to exit back to the prompt until I hit  
   DC> Enter, and then a little later I found that the BotGate wasn't running  
  any  
   DC> more (so couldn't log on to the BBS).  Is there a way to start the  
  BotGate  
   DC> but exit back to the command prompt?  
    
  Quick fix may be - nohup:  
    
  [bash]  
  nohup python3 botgate_proxy.py > /dev/null 2>&1 &  
  disown  
    
  Note, i've not tested this so let me know!  
    
  Also, i would suggest running this as a systemd service. Then use something  
  like journalctl -u botgate -f to view live logs when you wish.  
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