At 2:54 PM +0800 10/11/06, Ed Greshko wrote: >M.Lewis wrote: >> >> I'm sure the answer to this question is incredibly simple and I have >> looked through the archives, but I really don't know what to look for >> (hence the poor subject). >> >> I want to ssh into a remote machine, start a download (say wget -c >> xyz.iso), then close my ssh session, but still maintain the download >> while I'm no longer logged into the remote machine. >> >> Can this be done? If so, how? > >I find it easiest to use wget with the -b parameter along with nohup as in: > >nohup wget -b -c http://blah.blah.com Does backgrounding a task have the same effect? That is, would: wget -b -c http://blah.blah.com & do as well? I didn't see anything relevent in man bash. I've played with screen. I may actually use it soon. -- ____________________________________________________________________ TonyN.:' The Great Writ <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ' is no more. <http://www.georgeanelson.com/>
