Remote upgrade

[Rus Foster]

On Thu, 1 May 2003 boxend at swbell.net wrote:

> When doing a remote upgrade, what is the best way to force the process into the
> background, in case the dialup line for ssh session dies before buildworld finishes.
> Newbie question but I have not found a answer on google to kill my fears
> -- "Dovie'andi se Tovya Sagain"

Hi,
I would recommend that you install screen and run a virtual terminal.
Should the connection drop you can get it back with

screen -r


Hope that helps

Rgds

Rus
--
www: http://www.65535.net       | Hosting - Shell Accounts
MSNM: support at 65535.net		| Virtual Servers from just $15/mo
e: rghf at 65535.net               | Community: http://www.65535.org
t: +44 (0) 7092016595           | Rate us: http://www.65535.net/rate.php