Remote execution of a program

Keith Clark keithclark at k-wbookworm.com
Sat Sep 12 04:15:24 UTC 2009


On Sat, 2009-09-12 at 00:12 -0400, Steve Reilly wrote:
> Keith Clark wrote:
> > On Sat, 2009-09-12 at 00:04 -0400, Steve Reilly wrote:
> >> Keith Clark wrote:
> >>> How can I log into another computer via ssh, start a gui application,
> >>> then log out and leave it running on the remote computer.  Is this even
> >>> possible?
> >>>
> >>> Keith
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >> man nohup   ?
> >>
> > 
> > Ok, I've read that.  How do I use it?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> ssh to server
> nohup commandyouwanttoexecute
> logout
> 
> will continue to run after you logout
> 
If the program is a gui program, will I get the opportunity to work with
it first?

Do I need to:
nohup command &

Keith






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