[CentOS] yum update in background

[Michael Grinnell]

On Oct 19, 2005, at 1:03 PM, Robert wrote:

> greetings,
>
> is it a proper way and/or good idea to perform a yum update in the
> background like this?
>
> yum -y update &
>
> at this moment, i do not have as reliable of an "wireless access  
> connection"
> to the remote server machine at the data center as i would like and  
> i want
> to take this one box from 4.1 to latest 4.2
>
> comments please?
>
> thanks!
>
>  - rh
>
> --
> Robert Hanson - Abba Communications
> Computer & Internet Services
> www.abbacomm.net
>

Use screen.

http://jmcpherson.org/screen.html
http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_Using_screen

Michael Grinnell
Network Security Administrator
The American University
e-mail: grinnell at american.edu