[NMLUG] A couple of remote computing questions

[timothyemerick at yahoo.com (Tim Emerick)]

I am running sshd on my home pc.  I have a couple of questions regarding
remote computing and backgrounding tasks.

1. During an SSH session I use apt-get to upgrade my debian distribution.  If
I am disconnected during the middle of it I tend to get some errors.

2. If I use apt-get dist-upgrade &, will the process end if the SSH session
ends or will it continue to run until finish?

3. What is the difference between using one ampersand to background a task
and two ampersands?

4. Am I using the wrong terminology when saying --backgrounding--.  Is this
commonly referred to as --forking a process-- ??

Thanks!


		
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