On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 09:34:51AM -0600, Simeon Johnston wrote:
> I have been wondering about something lately and can't figure it out.
> How do I background a process, say a kernel compile, so I don't have to
> sit there and watch it i.e. log in - start process - log out - log in
> later - find process done and everyones happy.
> 
> How is this done?

Try 'man nohup'.

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