OT Linux question - running a process in background
Patrick Boutilier
boutilpj at ednet.ns.ca
Wed Jun 15 22:45:25 UTC 2005
Michael Yep wrote:
> Hello
>
> This is a general Linux question:
>
> I have a large tar operation i started via a SSH terminal
> Can I some how logoff / disconnect and not kill that process ?
> In the past i have hit ctrl Z to send it to the background, but when I
> logout, all my jobs terminate
> I heard that you can do something like this with NOHUP, but my process
> is running
>
Try running the tar in a "screen" .
man screen
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