Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 09:49:33 -0400 From: "Otter" <otter@telocity.com> To: "Rahul Siddharthan" <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Task from remote location. Message-ID: <NIEJLGLKBDJHNLKBAKPDMEBNCAAA.otter@telocity.com> In-Reply-To: <20000422183942.A18318@physics.iisc.ernet.in>
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From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Rahul
Siddharthan
Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2000 9:10 AM
To: System operator
Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Task from remote location.
* Ive got a little question.
> How can I start task of downloading bunch of
> files been connected through dial-up+telnet then
> disconnect from host leaving the task active?
> Thanks for help.
> Alex.
You can use nohup, with ftp or wget (/usr/ports/net/wget). Instead of
ftp, use nohup ftp, proceed as usual, use prompt and mget to
get several files without confirmation, make sure the
downloading has started, then disconnect: the ftp should
continue. With wget, or with ftp <url> for a single file, you
can just put an & at the end of the command, the thing will be put
in the background and you can disconnect whenever you like without
disturbing it.
* Yes, this may be a working solution. You should really check out
screen (/usr/ports/misc/screen). Yes, the others will work if you have
a task you want completed and don't care about the state you leave it
in. Let's say that you're editing a script or reading a log file and
get disconnected. Screen will allow you to return to that same view
you were at when you left (providing no errors show to that screen).
As a customer of an undependable dialup ISP back around '95, I found
that to be a very handy tool for working in remote machines. Check
into it. It's definitely worth your time.
-Otter
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