> Try this : > > $ scp <blah> <blah> >/dev/null 2>&1 > <enter your password, there will be no prompt> > <press ^Z> > $ bg > $ exit > This worked great!! Thanks Yeah, I didn't want to have to bother with ssh-keys and such. I have too many remote locations, and I'm too lazy to set up the authorized_keys files, so this came in handy. Actually, I think I was able to just run the command regularly, <press ^Z> $ bg and then exit. Mike