[Gllug] Disconnected ssh sessions and pseudo-terminals

[Alistair Mann]

Ziya Suzen wrote:
> Hi there
> 
> Sometimes I hate my ADSL provider. Connections keep dropping
> and I loose my SSH connections. What I usually do is to ignore
> them and open new SSH sessions. However it gets annoying
> when you have an editor already opened on a file, you 'ps' it
> and see it opened there, but you can't exit the editor (vi) or take
> control of the now not-used pts.
> 
> I have tried a few tricks without any luck:
> 
> Exit the Editor:
>  # echo -n ^[ >> /dev/pts/1
>  # echo -n :x >> /dev/pts/1
> 
> (Note:key combination typed for escape: ctrl+v, Esc)
> 
> And hopelessly tried 'screen' to get to the orphan terminal :(
> 
> Any ideas?

Vi will gracefully terminate if you send it a signal:

$ kill -SIGHUP <process id>

Graceful includes preserving whatever's in the editor but unsaved.

That help?
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Alistair Mann
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