On Fri, 2007-06-01 at 23:30 +0100, Chris Rowson wrote: > Hi all, > > Quick question on shell commands. > <SNIP> > > What's happening there? Is the command associated with the terminal > that invoked it? If so how to I get the command to run even after I've > logged out? > > Thanks in advance ;-) > > Chris >
Hi Chris,
In order to keep a command alive when you close/logout of a shell you
need to use the 'nohup' command (No Hangup). Any output of the command
will be appended to "~/nohup.out"
$ nohup scp -r foldername [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/foldername
Kind Regards,
Dave Walker
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