unix questions

[jhu]

1. is ssh the best option for remote shell access?
2. how do i get a program to continue running after i log out?

ie, how do i remotely access my computer, run povray and have the program continue rendering an image after i log out?

 

[bubba]

1) likely the best

2) you could submit it as a cron job

 

[jhu]

how do i do that (the cron job thingy)?

 

[MereMortal]

For (2) you can also try: nohup <command>

 

[doug]

Well you can put the program in the background with a &amp; at the end.

Screen is also a very handy program. Lets you detach your terminal session then reattach later on from a different location.

http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/

 

[FUBAR]

For this program you are running, does it render, then save, then exit, or does it render and then you look at it again later? The reason I ask is that (AFAIK) there is no way to get the output (i.e. windows) of a program up again once it has been nohup'ed and you've logged out.

edit -
Ok, I'm dumb. I'll have to try that screen thingy...

 

[jhu]

the program renders, saves, then exits. so nohup shouldn't be problem then?

 

[Damaged]

Screen rocks! Great for things like text based IRC, monitoring a Linux Half Life server, and any thing else you can think of.