Running a command in background?

[Octavian Rasnita]

Hi all,

I want to log on Linux on a remote computer, to run a command that takes a
long times until it finishes, and I want to automaticly log off and let the
command running in background.

Please tell me what should I do?

I understand that if I use the first command then a ; then the logout
command they are both executed, but I want to be sure that the first command
is not stopped after I close the connection.

I need this for indexing a search engine.

Thank you.


Teddy,
orasnita at home.ro