On 12 Jul 2002, Sacha Chua wrote: > "Ian C. Sison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Nice. You learn new things everyday \8). But screen too many keystrokes, > > when sometimes all that is needed is two sessions. To get the same effect > > Ah, but the beauty of screen is that: > (a) you can bind two-keystroke commands to whatever you want. > (b) you can do a _great_ deal more things with screen > (c) you can shuffle your screens around without too much hassle.
(d) you can leave a screen session on indefinitely... i do that for some online stuff. i have one screen session that's always connected to this particular server. when i'm at the office, i just resume the screen session. when i leave, i disconnect from the session. when i get home, i can resume the screen session again. this is great for running stuff that take eons to complete (like compiling a really really large program), disconnecting the screen so it runs happily in the background and then resuming screen. what's the difference between this and plain backgrounding the program? interactivity. -- ___ Eric Pareja (xenos AT upm.edu.ph) | Information Management Service [IMS] \e/ Network and Systems Administrator | University of the Philippines Manila v ~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~ "Even the smallest person can change the course of the future." -Galadriel _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
