From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 8 15:52:25 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA02452 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 8 May 1998 15:52:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from alpo.whistle.com (alpo.whistle.com [207.76.204.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA02328 for ; Fri, 8 May 1998 15:51:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from julian@whistle.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by alpo.whistle.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA04606; Fri, 8 May 1998 15:43:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from current1.whistle.com(207.76.205.22) via SMTP by alpo.whistle.com, id smtpd004603; Fri May 8 22:43:00 1998 Date: Fri, 8 May 1998 15:42:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer To: Keith Woodworth cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Screen util... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 , 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