Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2000 00:22:23 +0200 (SAST) From: Khetan Gajjar <khetan@uunet.co.za> To: "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kern/13644 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001290020140.53256-100000@bofh.ops.uunet.co.za> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001281455120.462-100000@sasami.jurai.net>
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Around Yesterday, "Matthew N. Dodd" wrote : MND> How people manage to use unix on a day to day basis without screen really MND> amazes me. X :) MND> Screen is a TTY multiplexor. It allows you to create new sessions MND> controlled by your terminal and switch between them. Think of it as VTYs MND> for any generic TTY. You use ^A-space/^A-[0-9] instead of the F-keys. Screen has other useful properties, like built-in cut and paste, support for up to 9 sessions per VT (meaning you could theoretically have 108 real, easily usable sessions), etc, etc. The nicest function of screen though for me is the detach function. You can detach from your screen, and logout. The processes and everything associated with them will still run as if you are logged in. When you want to log back in, re-attach to that screen session, and it's like you never left. It's also great for situations where you may loose connectivity (for some or other reason). When connectivity is restored, you can simply re-attach to the screen. Khetan Gajjar. --- khetan@uunet.co.za * khetan@os.org.za * PGP Key, contact UUNET South Africa * FreeBSD enthusiast * details and other http://www.uunet.co.za * http://www.freebsd.org * information at System Administration * http://office.os.org.za * kg+details@uunet.co.za To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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