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? screen is a good bet if you actually want to come back and see if it went okay. screen cd /path/to/your/compile make bzImage Ctrl-a d (without control) do whatever you want to do while waiting for it to finish when you feel like getting back the session: screen -r -- Thomas Eibner <http://thomas.eibner.dk/> DnsZone <http://dnszone.org/> mod_pointer <http://stderr.net/mod_pointer>