wget question

stereo_steve · 09-01-2008 5:16pm #1

Hey guys,

I have a ubuntu server at home in my house and I can ssh from work to it.

I used the command wget url to download a very large iso file. The problem is, I'm going to leave work in an hour and it won't have finished downloading. Is there a way for me to wget a file and then logout but my machine at home will continue to download the file?

Thanks,
Steve

Thomas_S_Hunterson · 09-01-2008 5:20pm

use the nohup command

Basically
nohup wget [fileurl] &

The & backgrounds the process automatically

stereo_steve · 09-01-2008 5:30pm

ok thanks!

Also I presume there is nothing I can do now? wget is running. I would have to type ctrl c to get to a command line.

Steve

Thomas_S_Hunterson · 09-01-2008 5:33pm

stereo_steve wrote: »

ok thanks!

Also I presume there is nothing I can do now? wget is running. I would have to type ctrl c to get to a command line.

Steve

If you hit [Ctrl][Z] You can get a command line while the process is running.

Then use the bg command to background the process.

I'm not sure how this will react when you log out though, sorry I cant be more help. But for your future reference, use nohup to make a process immune to hang-ups/disconnects/logouts

Someone else here might know how to apply a nohup retrospectively.

stereo_steve · 09-01-2008 5:40pm

Thanks for your help. I'll know for the future

pid() · 09-01-2008 5:55pm

you could also use a screen session.

bushy... · 17-01-2008 7:07pm

You can kill a wget session to change the way it was running and make it pick up where it left off with

wget -c URL_OF_WHATEVER_YOU_WERE DOWNLOADING

to do what you originally asked , start wget like this and you can log out :

wget -b URL_OF_WHATEVER_YOU_WERE DOWNLOADING

It will go into the background and write its progress to a file called wget.log , you can log back in again and see its progress with :

tail -f wget.log

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