How to maintain a command from terminal running?

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I launch connexion ssh to use rsync command in terminal and I would like to shutdown my computer, but I need to let run the process rsync.

I executed this command on a remote host. If I quit now then the process will stop I guess?

Yes I know I should run my command with option to avoid to lost the process.

What exact command? How was it executed - over SSH? Add details. — Vlastimil Burián, Apr 27 '18 at 12:11

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 27 '18 at 11:52

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You can run disown -a && exit which will release all the shell processes you have started from the current shell and end the current shell. The processes will continue to run.

answered Apr 27 '18 at 11:52

manifestor

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 27 '18 at 11:46

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It is very generic, and there are many solution.

You can use nohup. But often on remote host a screen (or tmux) is used.

On the first case: process continue also if terminal is terminated (but you should no more use stdin/stout/stderr (a redirect it is ok).

On the second, it is just a virtual terminal, so you can return (from an other computer) and see the terminal.

answered Apr 27 '18 at 11:46

Giacomo Catenazzi

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The command is running and I cant stop it now so there is a way to maintain the PID ? – DragonF0rce Apr 27 '18 at 11:56
Now it is late. I use the other tools, so I do not know. – Giacomo Catenazzi Apr 27 '18 at 12:03

How to maintain a command from terminal running?

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