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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