There is a utility "screen" that allows you to do this. You can start
screen sessions, and they can be reconnected to from remote locations (ie.
different ttys). I have always wanted to tinker with itm but just been to
lazy.
Josef Wells
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Program (pro'gram), n. A magical spell cast over a computer that turns
one's input into error messages. v. To engage in an activity similar to
banging one's head into a wall, but with less opportunity for reward.
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On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, Brandon W. Beasley wrote:
> I want to telnet into a linux box - start a process - then kill the telnet -
> then telnet back in much later and still have the process running in
> background. Of course, as I am doing it now, all processes spawned from the
> telnet session are killed when session dies.
>
> Brandon W. Beasley
> Phillips & Merica, P.C.
>
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