[ubuntu-uk] Backgrounding shell commands

[Dave Walker]

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 root at server.com:/home/foldername


Kind Regards,
Dave Walker
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