Putty and lynx.

[tvlad]

If i connect with putty to a pc that has linux, and i put lynx to make a large download, how can i make sure that once i close putty, lynx will continue to download.

 

 

PS:lynx is opened within putty.

[qeldroma]

Make it "at" :wink:

 

Add it to the "at" job list, so it'll be done by the system.

[fuzzylizard]

I don't think you can do this. Once you open lynx, it is linked to your account. Therefore, in order to close your account, you need to kill all active processes. This would include the download. I have tried adding the ampersand after the command and it simply stops me from exiting my account until the process is finished.

[tvlad]

The same happened to me, fuzzylizard.

[paul]

yes it can be done.

 

firstly .. don't use lynx, use wget for the download

use lynx to get a url perhaps, but then use wget to download

 

next check this out

man nohup

nohup means ignoring hangup signals. try this:

nohup wget -c http://domain/filename.iso &

then close putty, log back on with putty then do:

ps -U myusername

and looky looky ... wget is still running :-)

go to where you downloaded the file and do:

ll filename.iso

a few times and you will notice the file is getting bigger

if you want to watch the progress (as I often do) try this

tail -f nohup.out

here you will see all the normal output that would normally show up on screen

[fuzzylizard]

Cool, Thanks for the info Paul.

 

Gotta try this sometime.

[Guest SeanTobin]

Take a look at screen. Its a nice utility that allows you to create, detach, and later reattach screens that will live on even after you disconnect your ssh session.