On Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 08:32:19AM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On Fri, 2004-06-25 at 08:06, Damian Morris wrote: > > to do it manually, you need to use one of the special ssh escape > > codes. from my ssh man page: > > > > Escape Characters > > ~. Disconnect. > > The one you want is "~." but make sure you enter it as the input on an > > empty line. > > I discovered it even needs to be the first characters typed on a line, > not just an empty line. > > The thing with this is that it terminates the backgrounded process.
(In bash at least) you can use "disown -h <jobspec>" to remove a job from your shell's job table without killing it. (man bash) In combination with a backgrounded ssh session, maybe this will do? HTH -- Chris Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------------------------------- GNU/Linux --- The best things in life are free. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
