[aklug] Re: does job run after logout

On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 21:42:38 -0500
"David J. Weller-Fahy" <dave-lists-aklug@weller-fahy.com> wrote:

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> * Douglas McIntosh <ffdjm@alaska.net> [2010-10-28 21:35 -0500]:
> > I want to log into a remote computer, start a lengthy job, log out and
> > have the remote job run to completion.
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> > Is this possible?
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Somecomand -&

 If a command is terminated by the control operator &, the shell exe-
       cutes the command in the background in a subshell. The shell does not
       wait for the command to finish, and the return status is 0.

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Jeff  <jeff@arcticpc.com>
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