Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 21:22:16 -0600 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Augusto Jun Devegili <freebsd@devegili.org> Cc: Robert Storey <y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> Subject: Re: log off with process running Message-ID: <4063A1E8.7040008@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <1080264423.630.11.camel@gandalf> References: <20040326092248.4845573e.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> <1080264423.630.11.camel@gandalf>
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Augusto Jun Devegili wrote: >nohup is a possible solution; check its man page. > >Example: > >$ nohup wget http://server/big.iso & > >On Fri, 2004-03-26 at 05:22, Robert Storey wrote: > > >>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. >> >> > > > Screen, nohup, etc; all great answers. Just for curiosity's sake, isn't standard redirection the first thing to think of? #cvsup /ports-via-modem.sup > /root/cvsuplog & Wanna get it back? #jobs [1] + Running cvsup /ports-via-modem.sup > /root/cvsuplog Wanna keep it in the bg, but check its current status? $tail -f /myhome/cvsuplog Willing to be educated, Kevin Kinsey DaleCo, S.P. Kevin Kinsey DaleCo, S.P.
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