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From: Tim Wilde <twilde@dyndns.org>
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Subject: Re: Remote local consoles?
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On Wed, 10 Oct 2001, Scott Stoddard wrote:

>     Hi all, can anyone suggest a way i can access a local console running a
> program (irc) from a remote location. I would like to run irc on my box and
> be able to connect back to the running program without logging out or
> restarting the program. Anyone have any ideas? Thanx!

See the "screen" port in /usr/ports/misc/screen , it allows you to detach
and reattach a terminal session.

Tim

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