Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 22:43:29 -0500 (EST) From: "Joe \"Marcus\" Clarke" <jmcla@ocala.cs.miami.edu> To: FreeBSD User Questions List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: switching terminals once logged in (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.96.971116224315.26816A-100000@ocala.cs.miami.edu>
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You can issue any UNIX command preceeded by nohup to get it to run even if you are disconnected. For example: nohup ftp some.site.com This will allow you to start a download, then hangup and come back later to retrieve it. Joe Clarke
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