OT Linux question - running a process in background

Bogdan-Stefan Rotariu bogdan at alterox.ro
Wed Jun 15 22:43:11 UTC 2005


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
>
    Hi Michael,

    You can hit _*ctrl + z*_ then type _*bg*_ to put the process in 
background. That way your jobs wont get killed :)




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