[Gllug] Remote Viewing of a program running on a local terminal

[Stig Brautaset]

On Jan 28 2003, Calvin wrote:
> If I have a program running on say Linux on terminal 1. Is there a way that
> I can see that exact screen ( terminal ) as it is on the local computer , if
> I sit halfway around the world and try and access that pc remotely. I need a
> way to be able to check the status of software running non-locally.

On the server:

	screen program

Then hit `control-a d' to detach that screen (with the program still
running) so you can log out.

[A planeride halfway around the world later] ssh into the server and run
	
	screen -r

to reattach to the screen. `man screen' for more details.


Stig
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