For Fortran jobs, ex., SAGA, OASES ...

1. send the jobs

> jobname < /dev/null >& jobname.log & 

NB: we can reduce the our jobs' priority level and allocate the CPU to interactive processes by 

> nice +19 jobname < /dev/null >& jobname.log & 

NB: in the absence of any other interactive (or un-niced) jobs, maximum CPU is allocated to the niced job. 

2. monitor the log file

> tail -f jobname.log

3. when you are happy with it, stop 2nd step by 

    > CTRL+c

Run MATLAB Jobs in the Background on a Mac or Linux Server

> set OLDDISPLAY=$DISPLAY

> unsetenv DISPLAY

> nohup matlab -nodisplay <estimation_all.m> screen &

> setenv DISPLAY $OLDDISPLAY