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Where to put a background script

I have a script that i want to be constantly running in the background but I don't know where to launch it from If I put it in .bashrc it will run multiple times (one for each login) It's an ...
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why there is random behaviuor for a background job?

going through advanced bash scripting guide example 3.3 running a loop in background, i found this : #!/bin/bash # background-loop.sh for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 # First loop. do echo -n "$i " done ...
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Execute remote commands, completely detaching from the ssh connection

I have 2 computers, localpc and remoteserver. I need localpc to execute some commands on remoteserver. One of the things it needs to do is start a backup script that runs for a number of hours. I ...