[Hudlug] potentially stupid question!

[Charles Blackburn]

look into screen worked for me the last time i tried to do it

charles

On Mon, 05 May 2003 20:44:48 +0100
davepattern@ntlworld.com wrote:

> Hi everyone!
> 
> This may well be a stupid question with an easy answer... but I've 
> looked and not found the answer yet :-D
> 
> I've got a basic non-X install of RedHat running as a internet 
> gateway on an old PC with no keyboard or monitor.  At the moment, I'm 
> doing everything by logging in with SSH.
> 
> 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?
> 
> The only way I could think of doing it was to install X and VNC, as 
> that would allow me to reconnect to the same desktop... but it seems 
> overkill to install X on an internet gateway.
> 
> Like I say, I'm sure there might be an obvious solution, but I 
> haven't spotted it yet!!!
> 
> Cheers in advance
> Davey P
> 
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