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Date:      Sun, 16 Nov 1997 23:06:26 -0800
From:      "Daniel \"the Bruce\" Keller" <dkeller@psln.com>
To:        "FreeBSD Questions List" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org>, "Joe \"Marcus\" Clarke" <jmcla@ocala.cs.miami.edu>
Subject:   Re: switching terminals once logged in
Message-ID:  <01bcf327$524d4100$813d9bce@g6-200>

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Sorry to bother you again, but if I do this, how can I regain control of the
ftp program to terminate it after I log back in?
Thanks again for the help.
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe "Marcus" Clarke <jmcla@ocala.cs.miami.edu>
To: Daniel "the Bruce" Keller <dkeller>
Date: Sunday, November 16, 1997 9:55 PM
Subject: Re: switching terminals once logged in


>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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