On Fri, Sep 20, 2002 at 08:26:49AM -0500, Chris Frederick wrote: > I'm wondering how I can run a program from a telnet/ssh session and > still have it running after I log off the session. > > e.g. When I run the following command, it stops as soon as I log out. > tree -d /usr > junk & > Same with this one. > lynx -dump some_50M_file_on_the_net > my_file & > > So how can I keep something running after I log out? > > Thanks > Chris Frederick Use the 'nohup' command. -- Jim Kaufman mailto:jmk at linuxforbusiness.net Linux Evangelist cell: 612-481-9778 public key 0x6D802619 fax: 952-937-9832