Terminal use?

[sgshanaf]

I don't know how to search for this question, since I'm not sure what this is "called"...

Basically, i'm running ssh and a few other daemons on a headless gentoo box at work. I am logging in via ssh from another computer, and occasionally I'm getting disconnected while emerging things.

My question is: is there a way to "reconnect" to that session? when I was disconnected do all the programs running in that terminal die immediately?


secondly, is there a way to start a command that is independent of the current terminal session? for example, can i login via ssh and "emerge --sync" and close the terminal?


I am not familiar with the details of remote terminal sessions, so any info is greatly appreciated!

Thanks!
Scott

[phajdan.jr]