Date: Fri, 8 May 1998 15:42:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: Keith Woodworth <kwoody@citytel.net> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Screen util... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980508154033.1169G-100000@current1.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.980508100303.4272A-100000@mybsd.net>
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there are two similar utilities window (1) and Screen (ports/packages) Screen used to be standard at one stage in BSD systems but it seems to have become 'optional' in FreeBSD :-) window cannot disconnect like screen can. On Fri, 8 May 1998, Keith Woodworth wrote: > > There is a nifty little util that I use when I'm dialed into a BSDI box > called screen. It allows you to have mutlitple ptty's open and you switch > between them very similear to doing <alt-f1>, f2 or f3 when at the > console on FreeBSD. > > It just runs a shell on a new tty and you swap between them. Is there > something like that under FBSD? I use my machines via dialup alot and it > would be nice to have something like that. > > Thanks. > Keith > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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