Dear LQ users,
I've search the forums and google but not been able to find the answer to this question.
What I'm trying to do is span a job across multiple logins. In the past I've use GNU Screen to start a program and return to it at a later time and a later login. Unfortunately now I want to do the same thing on a server that I telnet into and do not have control of. What I want to do is telnet in, start a program, log out, wait, log back in, assume control of the process again and continue on.
Essentially I want ot have GNU screen without installing it. I've looked into background but according to what I've found
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If an attempt to exit Bash is while jobs are stopped, the shell prints a message warning that there are stopped jobs. The jobs command may then be used to inspect their status. If a second attempt to exit is made without an intervening command, Bash does not print another warning, and the stopped jobs are terminated.
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So just putting a job into the background won't persist across logins. I'm really stumped on this one if anyone has any ideas it would be greatly appreciated.
