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[NMLUG] A couple of remote computing questions
Tim,
I use screen for virtually every remote connection. if I put
something(s) into the background, and I detach -- or become
inadvertently disconnected from the remote machine, the continue
running. When I reconnect, I can pick up that session by reattaching it
with screen -R -D.
One thing you can't do is detach and reconnected to forwarded X windows,
but I don't think that's a big surprise.
With screen, you can open multiple windows (shells), and jump between them.
I don't use screen to it's full potential, but I don't set up a Linux
box without it.
jody
Tim Emerick wrote:
> 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-- ??
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