Check out screen. man screen Dan dan at omitted.net -----Original Message----- From: Chris Frederick To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org Sent: 9/20/02 8:26 AM Subject: [TCLUG] Keeping programs running I'm wondering how I can run a program from a telnet/ssh session and still have it running after I log off the session. e.g. When I run the following command, it stops as soon as I log out. tree -d /usr > junk & Same with this one. lynx -dump some_50M_file_on_the_net > my_file & So how can I keep something running after I log out? Thanks Chris Frederick