simple unix (freebsd) question..
 

Im logged in as root with SSH.. i want to start a program or script to run in the background so that when i kill my SSH session it keeps running...

Shouldnt be a cronjob.. just something that doesnt terminate when i terminate my session....

Hmm am i correct that ./command &

does the job?

You want to run it in screen

example

screen <program-name>

if you don't have screen installed you will have to install it

I use screen for that trick, get it installed and start rolling :thumbsup

ditto ....

Screen is the way to go. Easy as sin

screen some_cmd

to detach from the screen, hit ctrl a then ctrl d

to reattach to a screen

screen -r


you can have many screens going, you can screen shells, makes, etc etc.

nohup script &

nohup <command_goes_here> & works too :)

nohup basicly causes the script to ingore all hangup signals, screen works awesome too as well but it's generally overkill for non-interactive scripts.