: bash command help - nohup

[Rick Stevens]

Matthew Saltzman wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-10-30 at 10:35 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> 
>> Screen is not an option if you want to set up a long-running job and log
>> out. 
> 
> Why not?  That's the first thing I think of when I want to do just that.

I concur.  That is one of the main reasons "screen" was created in the
first place.

There's also nohup.  Just make sure you background the command as well:

	nohup command &

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