On Wed, 2005-06-15 at 18:48 -0400, Matthew Miller wrote: > On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 07:45:25PM -0300, Patrick Boutilier wrote: > > >I heard that you can do something like this with NOHUP, but my process > > >is running > > Try running the tar in a "screen" . > > man screen > > This has huge advantages over using bg or nohup, since you can reattach to > it later -- even from somewhere else. But unfortunately, you have to do this > *first* -- you can't move it after you've started. dtach is a lighter alternative to using screen. It performs only the detaching features that screen has. -- Adam Gibson <agibson@xxxxxxx>
