[ubuntu-uk] Backgrounding shell commands

[Andrew Price]

On 01/06/07 23:30, Chris Rowson wrote:
> 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?

Have a look at the command "screen" or alternatively "nohup". They work
differently but both should do what you want.

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Andy Price
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