[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: Discuss digest, Vol 1 #706 - 14 msgs

[Chris Cox]

Type:
screen

If it's installed, that will start it up and you will get what looks
like a normal shell....

To test, start an interactive task like 'top'.... then detach
it with a Ctrl-a,d.

Go to a different pseudo tty (another terminal session) and type
screen -r... it should reattach to the orginal session.  Screen
will manage a multitude of simulaneous sessions if you want... so
you could run top in one session, lynx in another, dettach...
then reattach and get back to both sessions (you can switch between
the two in screens).

It's pretty cool stuff...was the best thing since sliced bread
before X-terminals.  The detach stuff is cool even with X-terminals
and such.

Regards,
Chris

Richard Geoffrion wrote:
> 
> So how do you start up a screen(1) session???
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David South Jr" <djsouth at monolithic.com>
> To: <discuss at ntlug.org>
> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 1:14 PM
> Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] Re: Discuss digest, Vol 1 #706 - 14 msgs
> 
> > Thanks Kyle, Excellent Suggestion.
> >
> > discuss-request at ntlug.org wrote:
> > > From: kedbauer at swbell.net
> > > Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Help with background processes and SSH
> > >
> > > screen(1) will let you do this.  Just start up a screen session before
> > > you start your application.  You can then disconnect from that screen
> > > session and reconnect to it later.
> > >
> > > Kyle
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