b.n. wrote:
And screen is your second best friend ever (Google is the first). It's so useful you might consider putting it in your shell profile so you can't forget to use itWhy is using screen so recommended? I never used it, but I'd like to know about.
An alternative is 'nohup' - if you know that you are gonna run a long task and wish to be able to shutdown your terminal window. e.g:
$ nohup emerge kdelibs $ exit Cheers Mark -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
