From: Kendall Gifford <zettabyte@...>
Date: 2010-11-09T07:38:42+09:00
Subject: Re: running script remotely on a sepparate terminal

On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 5:51 PM, Ted Flethuseo <flethuseo@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I am building a script that runs something on a server.
> I was wondering, is it possible to launch it and just leave it
> running aside, instead of it waiting until it is done. I would also
> like to see the output of this command in a sepparate terminal
> windows. How can I get it working like that.
>
>
> puts `ssh xx@xx.com 'cd #{path}; ./#{run_long_script}'`
>
> Any help appreaciated.
>
> Ted.
>

To keep things simple, I'd just use the GNU "screen" program and run
your script w/in a screen session. That way you don't need to do any
fancy coding and you get all the capabilities you mentioned:
http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/screen

-- 
Kendall Gifford
zettabyte@gmail.com