logging out leaving a command running

[Anders Karlsson]

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?

You can use "screen" to start a "shell windowing session" that you can
detach from. I use it to run irssi/mutt on home computer and
connecting to it again from work. You could also use "nohup" but I am
less familiar with that command.

HTH,

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Anders Karlsson <trudheim at gmail.com>