[KLUG Members] Terminal usage

[Adam Bultman]

> Is there a way to discont from a tty session (pts through ssh actualy) but 
> leave it active.
> 
> What I'd Like is to start a process, disconnect and reconnect to it at a 
> leter time to check on it.
> Like at FTP download.
> 

The answer to your question is 'screen', my friend. You might even have it 
installed already!  It allows you to detach and re-attach to your programs 
and stuff without interrupting it.  So I can do this:

screen backup.sh  # this takes days

I hit CTRL-A, CTRL-D and I 'detach' from screen.  I go home, to another 
box, ssh back into the server, and type 'screen -r', and it'll reattach me 
to that process.  Check freshmeat.net for more info and a download.  It's 
awesome.  

Adam



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