> i used psql via ssh on dial-up and closed the ssh client. I logged in
again and it showed that the postmater process was still running.. I thought
that the index building process would continue 'til completion.
try
( echo '´CREATE INDEX blablabla' | psql database >> log.txt ) &
on your (bash) shell. You should be able to log out safely then and have the
output in log.txt.
Regards,
Bjoern