On 10Nov2010 14:28, Robert Moskowitz <rgm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: | In the past I have always gotten on the terminal of a server and | executed a script that did a bunch of wgets to get the CD isos for a | release. | | Well I want to grab the FC14 isos, and I am not home for a few days. I | can't do it in a SSH session to a server at home as I will drop my | session before all the images are downloaded. [...] | Or is there a better tool? For example if I run the script with an & | after it, then drop my connection will the script keep running? Screen! See "man screen". It lets you start a shell session (optionally with a distinctive session name) and detach from it. You can reconnect at any time. I routinely do this for downloads, OS updates, long running hand-started daemons, etc. In fact, I do it enough to use a wrapper script "scr": http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/css/bin/scr which makes naming and use by name very easy: scr FOO makes new session named FOO. A plain: scr lists the sessions (like "screen -ls", but sorted and more readable). BTW, you should also look at the "at" command for once off jobs. But screen is more likely what you will find useful. Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ Sometimes I think that the only reason I stay in the physics biz is the hope that someday I can give the "Thermonuclear Protection" a little thermonuclear testing. - Phillip J. Birmingham <birmingh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
