something like: ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] "nohup sleep 10 > /dev/null 2>&1 &"
Might get what you want. -----Original Message----- From: David Richardson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 3:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: when does ssh return? I've looked through ssh man page and FAQ and tried a google search, but can't seem to figure out how to use ssh to start a command on a remote machine, have ssh exit immediately, and still have the command running on the remote machine. When I do [popcorn][~]$ time ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] "sleep 10&" real 0m10.216s user 0m0.060s sys 0m0.000s ssh waits for the sleep to finish. Does anyone either understand why ssh is waiting for sleep to finish or how to make it not do it? I've tried ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] "run_and_return sleep 10" where run_and_return is the bash script: #!/bin/bash ?@& and a similar thing with a perl script that forks. I even tried having the perl script fork, have its child fork, and then the grandchild execute the command. But ssh keeps sticking around... Thanks for any help, Dave p.s. I'm using [popcorn][~]$ ssh -V OpenSSH_3.5p1, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0, OpenSSL 0x0090701f on [popcorn][~]$ uname -a Linux popcorn 2.4.20-6 #1 Thu Feb 27 10:01:19 EST 2003 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux with Fedora Core 2 installed. This communication is the property of Qwest and may contain confidential or privileged information. Unauthorized use of this communication is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the communication and any attachments.
