On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > "Dustin Puryear" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > I'm not even going to start on how screen makes life easier for sysadmins > > that need to start several tasks and then disconnect for the day. > > > > gotta second this one. And it's really nice to ssh into the house, do > a "screen -D -R" to connect to a running screen session (that has > consoles running emacs+gnus for email and centericq and others), > disconnecting, and then going home and picking up where I left off. I'll third it. Monday i did an AIX upgrade (which are lengthy) on a remote system. Started the update (in screen) from my desk, checked on it at the console when i got onsite, then checked from home later that evening. Never interrupting the install. Screen rocks. ray -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ray DeJean http://www.r-a-y.org Systems Engineer Southeastern Louisiana University IBM Certified Specialist AIX Administration, AIX Support =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
