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khuongdp
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 Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2004 3:26 pm Post subject: closing ssh console window |
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When I ssh to my server I would like to
It take long time to download og install this program so I would like to close the console window on the client machine without the installation of openoffice on the server is kill..... How can I do that?
I know that I can use crontab but I am looking for another solution. |
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beowulf918
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man nohup
nohup emerge openoffice &
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khuongdp
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| thx it works....what does it mean when you add "&" at end of the command? |
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abonventre
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it means that the process youre runnning is run in the background, meaning you can do other stuff at the terminal without having to wait for the process to complete.
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vivi77
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& means "do in background". you can get same effect by pausing process with ctrl+z and then: bg 1 (or bg 2 for second,...). to bring process to foreground use: fg 1 (2,3,..).
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kamagurka
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screen should serve your purpose pretty well, too.
OT:hey aboventre, that is a KICKASS avatar you got there. made it yourself?
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