logging out leaving a command running

[Byron Poland]

On 1/22/06, Noah Dain <noahdain at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1/23/06, Byron Poland <wpoland at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm on the road for work.  I have a mythtv box set up at home
> > recording HD content.  I can ssh into my network, and execute a script
> > on my ubuntu workstation that transcodes shows I chose.  I have to
> > stay logged in for the script to continue.
> >
> >  I want to beable to log in real quick start the command log out with
> > the confidence that the script will continue.
> > Any suggestions?
> >
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> screen is the way to go.  login, run screen, run your job(s),
> disconnect from the screen session, logout.
>
> later you can login again and reattach to screen sessions.
>
>
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thanks everyone, I'll give screen a shot.  Machine got knocked off so
I have to wait until someone is awake at the house to turn it back on
to try.  I'm shooting myself in the foot for not plugging it into my
ups...