Stonelx wrote: > Hi, > I tried this command: > > scp /etc/file remotehost:/etc/file & > > but when scp asks for the password, I'm actually > back on the command line. (thus the scp command fails) > Is there anyway around this? I would love > to be able to run scp in the background. > I looked at the man page, and see a flag -B , > but I don't quite get how that works. > I basically want to remote shell into my server, > run a scp command that may take serveral hours, but > be able to let the scp take place while I exit the shell > and go for lunch.
Some clear, useful instructions are here: http://acd.ucar.edu/~fredrick/linux/scp.html HTH! Stan
