[KLUG Members] ssh questions

[Jamie McCarthy]

bill@billtron.com (bill) writes:

> 1. When running SSH and connected to a remote box, what's the
> best way to copy a file to or from the remote box?  Is it
> something I can do within SSH or must I use an external program
> like SCP?

I believe you have to use scp.  Or at least that's what I do.

> 2. If I run a command that takes a while to execute, can I exit
> the SSH session and expect the command to keep running or must
> I do something else first (like putting it in the background,
> etc.)?

ssh doesn't have that functionality, but "screen" does (if you
haven't used it, I highly recommend taking a look).
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  Jamie McCarthy
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