Subject: Re: UNIX / Telnet Question - Keeping a process running
From: Frashii (frashii@frashii.com)
Date: Thu Jan 24 2002 - 23:38:14 AKST
install 'screen'
It allows you to 'park' a session
Marc
On 24 Jan 2002, Mac Mason wrote:
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> This is a general UNIX question,so all you sysadmins out there help me
> out.
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> I want to download a CD-image (Mandrake 8.1) for a friend, then burn it
> to CD. However, my desktop box is so loud that I can't sleep with it on.
> Therefore, I want to do the download with my fileserver, (which is
> quiet) then NFS it over to my desktop for the burn.
> Painfully easy, yes?
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> Well, the fileserver runs headless, and I talk to it with SSH.
> I ssh in, fire up ftp, start the download, then go to turn the desktop
> off.
> Of course, I realize, that's going to end my ssh session and stop the
> download.
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> How do I keep this process running without leaving the desktop on?
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> Thanks!
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> ~Mac~
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