Hi All, Could somebody explain me the behaviour of the following unix job: This job is copying the files from 1 server to another server using rcp: Syntax goes like this: rcp -r /u02/app/applmgr/common/inst1/* srvr2:/u02/app/applmgr/common/inst2/. & I put this in a file and chmod it to 755 and executed it in background. nohup file1 >file1.out & [1] 87 in the next moment it has comeout immediately. [1] + Done nohup file1 >file1.out & but the rcp went fine successfully. The question is why the job has come out stating Done eventhoug the rcp is running. Thanks and Regards, Srinivas ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------