Rich, Why not let cron run the downloads?
Ken On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 9:24 PM Ben Koenig <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh! The shameless docker promotion! :-P > > Another +1 here for screen. It really is the K.I.S.S. solution. > > > On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 8:51 PM Russell Senior <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > +1 for screen. > > > > You might think it's more than you need, but it will change your life. > > Worth it! > > > > On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 7:45 PM Robert Citek <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > When nohup works, it's great. But when it doesn't ( e.g. asks for a > > > password or confirmation a few minutes after starting ), it can be a > > > bummer. > > > > > > For those not familiar with screen, here are five basic commands to get > > > started: > > > > > > # to create a screen session > > > screen > > > > > > # to detach from a screen session > > > ^Ad ( that is, Ctrl + A, then d ) > > > > > > # to list running screen sessions ( list is of the form {pid}.{other > > stuff} > > > ) > > > screen -ls > > > > > > # to attach to a running screen session > > > screen -x {pid of running screen session} > > > > > > # to stop a running screen session > > > exit # do this from within a screen session > > > > > > There are a lot more options and lots of other really cool things that > > can > > > be done with screen and even more with tmux. But those five will get > you > > > started. > > > > > > BTW, another option for running long commands in the background is to > use > > > Docker. :) > > > > > > Enjoy, > > > - Robert > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 2:19 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > This would be the time to bring up - screen or tmux sessions as an > > > > alternatives > > > > to nohup. > > > > > > > > If you logout/disconnect from screen/tmux sessions - you can > reconnect > > > > later to > > > > see the progress or how it all finished. > > > > > > > > Tomas > > > > > > > > On Tue, 2019-09-17 at 14:05 -0700, Galen Seitz wrote: > > > > > On 9/17/19 2:00 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, 17 Sep 2019, Rich Shepard wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > each takes 30+ minutes on my 1.8GB FiOS line. The list is in a > > bash > > > > > > > script > > > > > > > > > > > > Oops! That's 1.8MB/sec. > > > > > > > > > > Unless you're planning to logout after executing the script, nohup > > > > > should not be needed. > > > > > > > > > > galen > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > PLUG mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > PLUG mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
