Ciprian Trofin wrote:

> Hello,
> I (sort of) administer a Linux box.
> 
> Please, look at the following scenario:
> 1. I logon to Linux box
> 2. in the telnet console I initialize a ftp session, from the Linux
> box, to another machine (machine 2)
> 3. I initialize a download from machine 2 to the Linux box
> 4. I put the ftp process in the background
> 5. logout from the Linux box
> 
> In this moment, I expect the download to continue, but it doesn't.
> I if use the same scenario but I use wget instead of ftp, the download
> works in background even after I logout the Linux box.
> 
> Question: it is normal that the ftp download stops after I logout or
> am I missing something?
> 
man nohup ?
nohup wget something &
/Björn


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