Another way of doing it is to use the nohup command. The syntax would be nohup btdownloadcurses.py xyz.torrent &
The & at the end pushes the process into the background. All information that would have been destined to the screen is written to a file called nohup.out in the current working directory. Cheers On Tue, 2005-12-13 at 15:46 +0100, Ramon Casha wrote: > One way for doing that using any console-based software is to use the screen > utility. When you run screen it will launch a "sub-session", in which you can > run any commands and then detach it. You can log off safely, then later log > in again and re-attach to the background screen session. > > > On Tuesday 13 December 2005 15:09, Anthony Azzopardi wrote: > > Hello ppl, > > > > Bittorrent question > > --------------------------- > > I want to log into my server, start downloading with bittorrent and log > > off. > > > > To do this I'm using btdownloadcurses.py xyz.torrent, this opens a text > > based interface and starts downloading. > > > > The problem is that when I log off the downloading stops and when I > > start it to work in the background, it only comes as a 'stopped job'. > > > > How can I use bittorrent to run when I log off? > > > > Regards, > > Twanny. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MLUG-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list -- Andrew Cilia B.Sc. RHCE MCSE ICSE Senior Software Consultant Philip Toledo Limited Computer & Communications Solutions Notabile Road, Mriehel BKR01, Malta Tel: (+356) 2144 5566 Mobile: (+356) 9943 0588 Fax: (+356) 2148 4316 Website : www.ptl.com.mt The information contained in this email is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended for the addressee only, if you are not the intended recipient please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. The contents of this e-mail must not be disclosed or copied without the senders consent. We cannot accept any responsibility for viruses. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the view of Philip Toledo Limited
