man ncftp, specifically look at the bgget/bgstart options Chris Frederick wrote: > Got a question on Job Management. I'm wondering how to set up a job to > run on a remote machine, and keep running after a logout. > > e.g. I need to download the latest Linux ISOs from the net, but I can't > do it on the laptop because I would have to stop/resume the download > like crazy, and I don't know what I could use that would stop/resume a > download after a reboot. So I would want to ssh/telnet to my server and > do a "lynx -dump file_on_the_web > file &" (or something similar if > there's a better way?). > > I've tried some tests but they've all failed to keep going: > tree -d /usr > junk & > logout > junk stopped at only 4k. > > So my question is, how can I keep something running after I close my > ssh/telnet connection? > > Chris Frederick > > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -- -scot