How Can I Automate the Change between a Python Script and a Nohup Python Script?

Question

I have a Raspberry Pi connected to a digital temperature probe, which measures my fermenting beer. A python script reads the temperature every second and prints it to the console, and stores it in a MySQL database.

I enjoy and benefit from watching the temperature from the console on my computer over SSH during the day time. However, during the night, I hit Ctrlc and run the following:

nohup python thermometer.py 

Which allows me to shut down my SSH and my computer while retaining the temperature gathering. At 7am I hit Ctrlc and then run the following:

phython thermometer.py 

I do not wish to do this manually any more.

I would prefer some type of script that simply issued the nohup command at 12am and returned to the normal python command at 7am.

How can I do this in the most "linux appropriate" manner?

I am pretty new to Linux; for example, I learned of the nohup command on the RPi stackexchange...

I guess that either a modified python script issuing an os command or a batch script would be most appropriate.

Answer 1

If you run the script with nohup python thermometer.py & it will write the output to nohup.out file.

So whenever you want to read the output use tail -f nohup.out. (You don't have to kill the process every time or automate to change the nohup)