On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 09:34:51AM -0600, Simeon Johnston wrote:
> I have been wondering about something lately and can't figure it out.
> How do I background a process, say a kernel compile, so I don't have
> to sit there and watch it i.e. log in - start process - log out - log
> in later - find process done and everyones happy.
>
> How is this done?
bash$ nohup make bzImage &
Alternatively, if all you want is a log of the compile, but you want to
also watch what's going on (and colorize it)...
bash$ make bzImage 2>&1 | tee /tmp/make.out | grcat conf.gcc
You can do lots of stuff. ;-)
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