On Fri, 2002-09-20 at 08:26, Chris Frederick wrote: > 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 man screen -- Thanks, James Spinti jspinti at dartdist dot com 952-368-3278 ext 396 fax 952-368-3255