[Gllug] Screen I just have to share

[Jonathan Dye]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Bailey [mailto:jim at lateral.net]
> Sent: 16 May 2002 01:40
> To: gllug at linux.co.uk
> Subject: [Gllug] Screen I just have to share
> 
> Hi,
> 
> having found ADSL to be a little flakey at times and losing my ssh
> connections.  I have just taken up a couple of peoples advice up and
> installed screen.
> 
> http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/screen.html
> 
> Now when I am working and I lose connection my work stays intact and I
> don't have to start all over again.
> 
> Peace Jim

I agree, screen is great for remote access or when the only access you have
is over a serial terminal. I've got the following as the last line in
.bash_profile on a remote machine:

exec screen -D -R

So whenever I log in it either reattaches me to a previous screen session or
launches a new one if there were no old ones.  I always detach with ^a^d
which suspends screen and detaches the connection.  Then I can leave
whatever I'm doing exactly where it was and next time I log on it's right
there (on multiple screens if that's how I left it). Brilliant!

JD

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