Thanks to all who replied. Just thought that I'd say David Zanetti pointed me towards the program "screen", which is a little better suited for my purposes, as it allows the process to be resumed and interfered with, while nohup <command> & renders the command inaccessible after i've left the initial shell.
Thanks again,
Rob
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