[ubuntu-uk] Backgrounding shell commands

[Chris Rowson]

Hi all,

Quick question on shell commands.

I understand that to background a shell command, you need to end the
command with &

I also get that if you have a command running, pressing Ctrl and Z
suspends it, then typing bg puts it into the background (fg bringing
it forward again).

When I run this command on a remote server however 'scp -r foldername
root at server.com:/home/foldername' and background it (either by
starting it with &, or suspending then bg'ing it) and then close the
terminal, when I then log back in again, the process has stopped
without completing.

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