Is there a way, in vanilla bash (no additional packages), to start a process, somehow detach it or send it to the background, and then pick it back up later?
My specific use case is to ssh to a machine, start a long-running program (like a database backup), close my ssh terminal and have the program continue, then later be able to ssh back in to the machine and re-attach/reclaim the process in my terminal (assuming it's still running).
I know of the screen package, and given the volume of recommendations I've received about it, I think I'll give it a try in the future. One point to clarify though is that my question is in general about bash, not just specific to ssh. I'd like to be able to do the same thing locally and issue a long-running command, then close my terminal.
From my reading, I'm starting to get the impression that this might be an ill-posed question. If so, can someone suggest to me which component(s) I might need to dig into a little deeper.
