On 9/1/05, Roberto C. Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > However, when I log out of the machine, the ssh process on my local > machine blocks. I guess that it is becuase the remote still has jobs > running. Is there a way to get it start the process in the background > and then detach from the shell? I have already tried this:
ssh -f should do what you want, and then you don't need to send the "&". ssh will still be running, but it will be forked off into the background.