[olug] Keep process running after closing terminal

[Jake Churchill]

Put a & after the command.  For example, if you want to run updatedb 
which takes about 8 minutes on my computer, type updatedb&.  It will 
output the PID and you can go about your business.


On Apr 19, 2005, at 11:17 PM, Eric P wrote:

> I'm sure this is basic as hell.
>
> I want to log onto one of my computers on the LAN, run a console based
> program on it, and log off with the console based program still running
> (i.e., not close out when the terminal window is closed).
>
> How is this done?
>
> Thanks,
> Eric Pierce
>
>
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