Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 13:24:34 +1200 From: Richard Stevenson <richard@endace.com> To: Robert Storey <y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: log off with process running Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0403261323250.17048@zhba.rg.raqnpr.pbz> In-Reply-To: <20040326092248.4845573e.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> References: <20040326092248.4845573e.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net>
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Hi On Fri, 26 Mar 2004, Robert Storey wrote: > Suppose I'm at home with a dial-up connection to the Internet. At the school > where I work we have a server running FreeBSD with a full-time connection (T1 > line). So from home, I log onto the school's server with ssh, and start a > process that will run for a long time, maybe something like this: > > wget ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/bigfile.iso > > OK, that download might run for hours. I don't want to stay connected for hours, > I want to log off and hang up the modem. The question is, how to do so? With the > above process running, I can't even get back to the command line to type "exit" > (and wouldn't typing "exit" kill any process I'm running?). Ditto if I hit > ctrl-c. I suppose I could just hang up the modem, but that's not elegant. > > So what is the elegant solution? Try this: at now at> wget ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/bigfile.iso ^D It'll start running in the background straight away, and mail you any output. Cheers Richard -- Richard Stevenson Violence is the last resort of the incompetent. The competent, of course, make it their *first* resort.
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