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. If you intend to background it immediately, try this: make > make.log 2>&1 & Then you can watch it by `tail -f make.log` If you decide after the fact, it's not quite as clean. Hit CTRL-Z to suspend the program then type `bg` to background the task. The output will still stream to the screen, so you may want to close the terminal. If there is a problem, then you won't be able to see the error message. Nate