[PLUG] how do I run a program without having to maintain a remote terminal?

[Rogan Creswick]

$ (program-name&)

the ()'s detach this process from it's parent (the terminal), the &
makes it run in the background. You should be able to do that, then
logout.

Another option is to use screen, then you can re-attach a terminal to
the process at same point. (screen -r)

ie:

$ screen <program>

C-ad detaches the current screen sesion, then logout.

$ screen -r # reattaches to this terminal, so you can interact
            # with the program again.

-Rogan

On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 05:20:47PM -0800, Mike De La Mater wrote:
> One of my servers graduated to being headless today.
> 
> I was used to running a distributed computing app from 
> distributedfolding.org. 
> 
> As soon as I remembered to start the app, I realized that I 
> needed to open a connection to run the app, and that the app 
> would run in the window, stopping whan I closed the 
> connection. 
> 
> It is prob pretty simple, but I have no idea how to do this.
> 
> Mike De La Mater
> mikedela at ipns.com
> 503-702-6749 
> 
> 
> 
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