Chris Frederick writes:
 > I'm wondering how I can run a program from a telnet/ssh session and
 > still have it running after I log off the session.
 > 
 > e.g.  When I run the following command, it stops as soon as I log out.
 > tree -d /usr > junk &
 > Same with this one.
 > lynx -dump some_50M_file_on_the_net > my_file &
 > 

Depends on which shell you're using.  If you use the csh or tcsh,
these programs would keep running by default.  For bash, you need to
use "nohup" [no hangup].  Check the man page and look for nohup.

R