Re: log off with process running

2004-03-30 Thread rfa
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

Re: log off with process running

2004-03-30 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Wed, Mar 31, 2004 at 01:28:41PM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was wondering if I did something like this using putty: #nohup btlaunchmany.py . and then the session was terminated because of a power spike, how could I put the process back into the foreground after logging in again

Re: log off with process running

2004-03-26 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 09:22:48AM +0100, Robert Storey wrote: OK, that download might run for hours. I don't want to stay connected for hours, 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

log off with process running

2004-03-25 Thread Robert Storey
I know this has got to be a basic question, but strangely enough I haven't been able to find the answer anywhere... Suppose I'm at home with a dial-up connection to the Internet. At the school where I work we have a server running FreeBSD with a full-time connection (T1 line). So from home, I log

Re: log off with process running

2004-03-25 Thread Richard Stevenson
Hi On Fri, 26 Mar 2004, Robert Storey wrote: Suppose I'm at home with a dial-up connection to the Internet. At the school where I work we have a server running FreeBSD with a full-time connection (T1 line). So from home, I log onto the school's server with ssh, and start a process that will

Re: log off with process running

2004-03-25 Thread Augusto Jun Devegili
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

Re: log off with process running

2004-03-25 Thread Doug Hardie
On Mar 25, 2004, at 17:27, 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

Re: log off with process running

2004-03-25 Thread Elvedin
Robert Storey wrote: I know this has got to be a basic question, but strangely enough I haven't been able to find the answer anywhere... Suppose I'm at home with a dial-up connection to the Internet. At the school where I work we have a server running FreeBSD with a full-time connection (T1

Re: log off with process running

2004-03-25 Thread Shaun T. Erickson
I'm surprised this hasn't been mentioned, but why not try screen? It's made for precisely this reason. Screen is your friend. Screen is probably the tool I use most, as a SysAdmin. I couldn't live without it. -ste ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: log off with process running

2004-03-25 Thread Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P.
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