& kicks the process into the background. You can try nohup. But I think what you want is something like vnc. It lets you connect to your system and when you disconnect everything currently running stays running. You can then reconnect and see the same set of programs. Currently using that here from my laptop to my linux box where I run my email program and other stuff. At night I shut down the laptop and reconnect in the morning where I left off. On Sat, 2003-09-13 at 20:34, javier wilson wrote: > shane c branch said: > > > > i use putty to connect to my box, and when i disconnect, it closes the > > connection. if there is a way to leave a process running and resume the > > connection, i'd be interested to know this as well. > > -- > > can't you just use "&" to keep the process running? > > javier > -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
