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From: Odhiambo Washington <vedette@iconnect.co.ke>
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Subject: Re: Telnet
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I am assumming that you want the process to go on while you go for a few
drinks but you have to log off telnet??

add & after the command running the process. It will be run in the
background ;-)

e.g root@earth% wget -r ftp://some/site/some/file &

cheers

Quoting Keith Ellefsen <titan@noc.wbhs.org.za>:
 [000821 22:50]: 
Keith Ellefsen>Hi
Keith Ellefsen>
Keith Ellefsen>How can i continue a process that i started in a telnet session, without it stopping the process when i close my telnet session?
Keith Ellefsen>
Keith Ellefsen>thanks
Keith Ellefsen>David


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