--- Lorenzo Prince <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > # and I get no output/ processes - and the CPU should be maxed out but > # it's on zero; I'm guessing the process must have been killed.
Often it is desirable to do something like: % process ^Z % bg % disown $! It's the disown that'll keep it alive if the controlling terminal disappears (note that 'nohup' might be a more acceptable alternative, if you have issues with using shell builtins): nohup <process> > Try running it through screen instead: (this is another alternative) -- Thomas Adam ===== "The Linux Weekend Mechanic" -- http://linuxgazette.net "TAG Editor" -- http://linuxgazette.net "<shrug> We'll just save up your sins, Thomas, and punish you for all of them at once when you get better. The experience will probably kill you. :)" -- Benjamin A. Okopnik (Linux Gazette Technical Editor) ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - sooooo many all-new ways to express yourself http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]