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Re: Is it possible to keep a program running even when when no users are logged in



On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 04:25:22PM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote:
> 
> On Sep 25, 2007, at 4:14 PM, Sid Arth wrote:
> 
> >I want to have rtorrent running in the background once I turn it on
> >via ssh. Is there a way to keep rtorrent running even after I close
> >the session?
> 
> Use "screen".  It will let you detach from the session, and reattach  
> to it later.  It's perfect for this sort of thing.

If he doesn't need to reattach, what about just nohup?

Doug.



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