man ncftp, specifically look at the bgget/bgstart options

Chris Frederick wrote:
> Got a question on Job Management.  I'm wondering how to set up a job to
> run on a remote machine, and keep running after a logout.  
> 
> e.g.  I need to download the latest Linux ISOs from the net, but I can't
> do it on the laptop because I would have to stop/resume the download
> like crazy, and I don't know what I could use that would stop/resume a
> download after a reboot.  So I would want to ssh/telnet to my server and
> do a "lynx -dump file_on_the_web > file &" (or something similar if
> there's a better way?).
> 
> I've tried some tests but they've all failed to keep going:
> 	tree -d /usr > junk &
> 	logout
> junk stopped at only 4k.
> 
> So my question is, how can I keep something running after I close my
> ssh/telnet connection?
> 
> Chris Frederick
> 
> 
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