Have you tried 'screen'? I use it all the time on my home machine. I leave mutt running in the first shell. It keeps mutt from being killed if my connection goes awol, and then I just reconnect.
http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/ -Brian On 2/7/06, Randy Barlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I heard that it is possible to establish a connection to a virtual > console through ssh that one could detach from, allow $PROGRAM to run, > then later log back in, reattach to the console, and check the status of > the process. I've been unable to find information about such process > using $SEARCH_ENGINE. So, how do I: > > 1) Log into a machine with ssh. > > 2) Attach my ssh console to a "virtual console" (not one of the <ATL>-FX > consoles) > > 3) Begin execution of $PROGRAM. > > 4) Detach virtual console. > > 5) Log out from ssh session. > > 6) Go do $OTHER_ACTIVITIES. > > 7) Log into the machine through ssh. > > 8) Attach the same virtual console to the ssh session, so the screen > appears as if I had never left? > > Thanks! > > -- > Randy Barlow > Research Assistant > Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering > North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.electronsweatshop.com > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > -- /* insert witty comment here */ -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
