start process from ssh and be able to close connection

Question

I'm connecting to my RaspberryPi with Raspbian installed via ssh and my problem is, that I can't let the RasPi do things (installing software, make calculations) while my Computer is shut down, since the processes I launch via SSH are child processes of the SSH shell and are terminated when the connection ends. I know i can disconnect child processes from the shell, but I'm not sure which way to use and it i would like to be able to see as much of the output of the process as possible (maybe in a file?).

BTW: I'm using PuTTY from Windows 7 :(

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 27 '15 at 16:12

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There's a little tool called screen which is able to do this from you. You can detach from a screen session and let it run in background so you can close the SSH connection. After reconnection you can reatach to the screen.

http://thesystemadministrator.net/cpanel/how-to-install-and-use-screen-in-linux

answered Apr 27 '15 at 16:12

Geosearchef

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looks good, i'll try it out :) – 0x539 Apr 27 '15 at 16:19
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GNU screen is called tmux these days. ;) – lcd047 Apr 27 '15 at 16:29
Whilst this may theoretically answer the question, it would be preferable to include the essential parts of the answer here, and provide the link for reference. – slm May 12 '15 at 03:12

start process from ssh and be able to close connection

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