How can I run a Linux command that still runs after I close my PuTTY SSH session?

Question

I am connecting to my NAS over putty which is running linux on it.

I wanted to move a big directory from one location to another. Is it possible to keep the process

Answer 1

You can run it as a background process as follows:

nohup mv source target &

However, you will not be able to interact with the process.

EDIT: nohup is also required to keep it running after the shell exits.