On 12 Jul 2002, Sacha Chua wrote: > eric pareja <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > (d) you can leave a screen session on indefinitely... i do that for some > > Oh yes, this is way cool. I'd love to do that except I turn off my > laptop every night! <laugh> > > > resuming screen. what's the difference between this and plain > > backgrounding the program? interactivity. > > <nodnod> It's so much more powerful than nohup &. I like it! > > I think I should resubscribe to the gnu-screen group. There are > interesting features coming out all the time. Did you know that you > can use screen to monitor output for certain strings - like any URLs, > for example? =)
No problem with me, i use both screen and splitvt when the occasion suits me (like now with one pine on my ians address and the other on my ian.s address), all in one command line \8) And i use screen to do multiple background tasks which i have to return to later on. The detach and reattach feature is priceless! THe right tool for the job at hand. _ 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]
