On Wed, 2005-06-15 at 17:39 -0500, Michael Yep wrote: > Hello > > This is a general Linux question: > > I have a large tar operation i started via a SSH terminal > Can I some how logoff / disconnect and not kill that process ? > In the past i have hit ctrl Z to send it to the background, but when I > logout, all my jobs terminate > I heard that you can do something like this with NOHUP, but my process > is running If you're using bash, try "disown -a" before logging off. Paul. -- Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>