Joseph L. Casale wrote: >> nohup will allow you to run a command that is not connected to the shell: >> >> nohup command >> nohup.log & >> > > Devin, > What is the correct way to encapsulate the command if its rather long. Just as a test, I am trying to run `dd if=/dev/random of=~/test bs=1024 count=50000` so that I can disconnect and watch it run... > > A possible caveat is that I was using plink.exe to connect and execute the command and I suspect the syntax issue might be a windows shell issue. > put everything in a shell script, and run the script.