in my case it’s a 2+ TB file I’m copying with scp. I can’t realistically expect to keep a putty window open the whole time. Here’s a Stack Overflow post that seems to be working alright:
http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/65116/does-a-scp-transfer-close-when-i-close-the-shell (3rd comment down, by
Create screen
user@server:~$ screen -S bigscptransfer
You’re now in the screen
ser@server:~$ scp bigfile.dat server2:.
Detach from the screen using CTRL+A then push D
[detached from 5899.bigscptransfer]
Resume session when you need it with:
user@server:~$ screen -r bigscptransfer