On Thu, Sep 01, 2005 at 03:38:35PM -0700, David Kirchner wrote: > On 9/1/05, Roberto C. Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > However, when I log out of the machine, the ssh process on my local > > machine blocks. I guess that it is becuase the remote still has jobs > > running. Is there a way to get it start the process in the background > > and then detach from the shell? I have already tried this: > > ssh -f should do what you want, and then you don't need to send the > "&". ssh will still be running, but it will be forked off into the > background.
Good call. I had forgotten about that. I occasionally use it start an xterm or something on a remote machine and it had slipped my mind. -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto
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