How to run rsync without staying logged in?

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I want to run the following rsync command to transfer a folder from a remote server to my current one sudo -r -a -v -e 'ssh -p portnum' username@serverip:/home/path/* /home/path this directory is quite large in both size and structure and the transfer takes some time. Rather than leave my computer turned on with the PuTTY window open, I would like to run a command that continues to execute after I have closed the window and shut down my PC.

I have tried using prefixing it with nohup but it didn't work. What other options do I have?

score 10 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 28 '13 at 02:20

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Run the command within GNU Screen. Basically:

Install screen: $ sudo apt-get install screen
Run screen: $ screen ... at which point, you'll have a shell running from within screen.
Run your command.
Press Ctrl-A,d, which will detach you from the screen session and your command will continue running.

When you want to re-attach, just ssh in as the user who owns the screen session and then:

$ screen -RD

answered Aug 28 '13 at 02:20

EEAA

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Should be accepted answer. Thanks! – Maxime Lafarie Dec 14 '20 at 14:34

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 28 '13 at 02:20

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you could install and run a program like screen, or throw that command in a bash script and run it on cron one time.

answered Aug 28 '13 at 02:20

Drew Khoury

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I think this is what I need, could you elaborate? – Euskadi Aug 28 '13 at 02:36

How to run rsync without staying logged in?

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