[Hudlug] potentially stupid question!

[Paul Brook]

On Monday 05 May 2003 8:44 pm, davepattern@ntlworld.com wrote:
> Is it possible to connect, do some work and maybe leave a program
> running, then disconnect and then reconnect to the same shell later
> on?  (i.e. when I reconnect I get the same shell I was looking at
> before).  For example, can I connect, start an FTP download,
> disconnect and then reconnect later on to see how the download is
> going?

I think "nohup" is the command you're looking for.

Paul