Process exits when program exits

[vilu]

I would want to write a program that eventually will start a process and allow this process to continue after the program comes to an end.

I've tried this

{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}

import           Control.Monad
import           Shelly

example :: IO ()
example = let
    cmd' = fromText "nohup"
    args = ["python", "-m", "SimpleHTTPServer", "8000", "&"]
    in
        void $ shelly $ run cmd' args

When I close this program this is also closed. That's not the case if I were to run this nohup python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000 & in a terminal and then close that terminal.

What's the cause of this? Is it intentional? Is there any way I can get around this?

[gregwebs]

I think nohup has no effect outside a login shell?
You can try looking at the System.Process.createProcess docs for more clues as to how to launch an independent background process.

[vilu]

Ok, I will have a look there. Thanks for the help!