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From: "Joe \"Marcus\" Clarke" <jmcla@ocala.cs.miami.edu>
To: FreeBSD User Questions List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject: Re: switching terminals once logged in (fwd)
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You can issue any UNIX command preceeded by nohup to get it to run even
if you are disconnected.  For example:

	nohup ftp some.site.com

This will allow you to start a download, then hangup and come back later
to retrieve it.

Joe Clarke