On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 02:30:59PM -0600, Dave Sherohman wrote: > On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 12:35:12PM -0600, Simeon Johnston wrote: > > > so... > > $ make dep clean bzImage > make.log 2>&1 & > > will background it and I'll be able to logout completely and check the > > log when I get back. > > Nope. Since you left out the nohup, it'll die when you log out. The [t]csh behavior is different - no nohup required, though you do have to redirect standard out, error, and input. $ make dep clean bzImage >& make.log </dev/null & -- Jim Crumley |Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List (TCLUG) crumley at fields.space.umn.edu |Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Ruthless Debian Zealot |http://www.mn-linux.org/ Never laugh at live dragons |Free Dmitry Sklyarov - http://faircopyright.org/