"Simeon Johnston" <simeonuj at nssmgmt.com> 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?

For this sort of thing, I'd recommend using screen.  Start screen, start
your compile, and then press CTRL-A and then D to detach.  Run `screen -r'
to reattach.

There are other ways to do it, but this is probably one of the safer
ones..  If you accidentally exit X while screen is open in a terminal
window, for instance, your compile will keep running even though its
terminal window went away.  Just reattach, and everything should be fine..

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