From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 2 16:07:07 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 179A116A41A for ; Thu, 2 Aug 2007 16:07:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (ns0.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7110513C48A for ; Thu, 2 Aug 2007 16:07:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l72G6mAO089188; Thu, 2 Aug 2007 17:06:50 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Authentication-Results: smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk from=m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk; sender-id=permerror; spf=permerror X-SenderID: Sendmail Sender-ID Filter v0.2.14 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk l72G6mAO089188 Message-ID: <46B20118.8010202@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2007 17:06:48 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 (X11/20070721) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jim Stapleton References: <80f4f2b20708020819l69e054a1ia070efba2b04d2ad@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <80f4f2b20708020819l69e054a1ia070efba2b04d2ad@mail.gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]); Thu, 02 Aug 2007 17:07:00 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.91.1/3847/Thu Aug 2 12:26:26 2007 on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, DKIM_POLICY_SIGNSOME,DKIM_POLICY_TESTING,DK_POLICY_SIGNSOME,NO_RELAYS autolearn=ham version=3.2.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.1 (2007-05-02) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: attaching a terminal to 'join' another? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2007 16:07:07 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Jim Stapleton wrote: > I would like to have workstation terminal B intercept workstation > terminal A, or main desktop terminal B intercept main desktop terminal > A. Can it be done? Where do I start looking, what are the words and > phrases of interest? I tried looking at both the bash and xterm > commands/man page, but they are rather long, and I'd miss what I was > looking for without having a clue in advance. The program you need is screen(1). http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/ It's in ports: sysutils/screen Cheers, Matthew - -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGsgEY8Mjk52CukIwRCPC3AJ4j8dD8AH2KfD+KYwY0amdU8InERwCdFjqF svhyQaStQO+hZS8VIiGVTQM= =C30W -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----