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Start new process on nodejs

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I'm working with node.js and I want to when there's a request to a url like ./calculate start a new process to make these complex calculations, and I want that process to continue even if the script which called it has finished.
Is it possible?

Thank you.

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answered 12 Years ago reed · Accepted Answer

You can use the natively provided child process facility:
http://nodejs.org/api/child_process.html

And use the unix nohup command to keep the spawned process alive even if the parent process died.