[KLUG Members] Screen rocks!!!

[Adam Tauno Williams]

>Just in case anyone else on the list might be interested:
>I use SSH and VNC over SSH to manage my remote Linux boxen.
>On my local box I inevitably end up initiating multiple xterms each with an
>SSH session to have multiple remote sessions.
>The January issue of Linux Journal had an article on the program screen. I
>have been using it all of two days and love it.
>By running screen on the remote machine I only have one SSH session open,
>ut I can easily create multiple consoles on the remote server (Ctrl-A, C) .
>ig Whop, right.
>The kool part is that I can quickly hot key between remote consoles (Ctl-A,
>n|p) and I can copy from the screen buffer (Ctrl-A,[, navigate, mark with
>spacebar, navigate, end mark with spacebar ) and paste (Ctl-A, ]) between
>consoles.

Nah!  The *cool* part of screen is "Ctrl-A D" for detach.  ssh to a box, screen,
start a four hour process, Ctrl-A D, logout.  Drive to the next city.  ssh to
the box, screen -r, and there is your process still running.  Thats awesome. 
Whether it has finished depends on the distance between the two cities.